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Life sciences' relief over SVB UK rescue but fears remain
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Ailing Silicon Valley Bank’s British arm has been acquired by HSBC in an eleventh hour deal that ha…
Light shined like a neon show
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Good quality visuals help convey information in research papers. Contrary to what many scientists s…
Birmingham obesity research could herald novel therapy
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The PEPITEM immunopeptide could help combat the risk of obesity-related diseases including type 2 d…
Putin invasion has seen loss of two out of three clinical investigator sites in Ukraine and Russia
Added: 12 Mar 2023
The number of recruiting clinical investigator sites in the countries most impacted by the invasion…
Where there is darkness, let there be light...
Added: 12 Mar 2023
Myths abound about the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights and have done for centuries. The recent o…
International Women’s Day 2023: the voices of experience
Added: 7 Mar 2023
To mark International Women’s Day 2023, three women who play leading roles in the life science sect…
Lab Diary: Aurora provides lecture time enlightenment
Added: 7 Mar 2023
Recent days have offered a rare opportunity to view the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights in the U…
Kind to animals, kind to plants… lab’s ethical fragrance
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Scientists funded by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) have turned parfumiers…
Northern Ireland deal appears to boost UK’s Horizon Europe hopes
Added: 1 Mar 2023
Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s achievement of an agreed new Northern Ireland protocol with his Europe…
From petri dish to dinner plate
Added: 27 Feb 2023
Lab grown meat is developing into a multibillion pound industry but scaling up has challenges, expl…
Treasury opts for stealth to ‘announce’ takeback of £1.6 bill EU Horizon funds
Added: 23 Feb 2023
Some £1.6 billion in funds allocated for scientific research has been taken back by the Treasury.
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First female Chief Scientific Adviser Dame Angela set to assume role in weeks
Added: 23 Feb 2023
Newly-appointed Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) Professor Dame Angela McLean will take o…
A coordinated advance
Added: 20 Feb 2023
Deep virology knowledge, urgency and partnership form the crucible for rapid antibody development t…
Replicating viruses work together to thwart opponents
Added: 19 Feb 2023
New research into the cooperative and competitive behaviour of viruses in the human body could help…
Evolving prostate cancer research with FFPE samples
Added: 29 May 2023
Dr. Nallasivam Palanisamy of the Henry Ford Health System and Michigan State University and Dr. Han…
Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt… chatbots in perspective
Added: 17 Feb 2023
Doom-mongers relax, cautions Professor Brian J Ford, ChatGPT is not yet about to spell the end of r…
Southampton University’s featherweight plans knockout blow for space debris
Added: 15 Feb 2023
Southampton University researchers have successfully piloted the launch of a small scale plasma thr…
Enhanced computer modelling offers improved training for trainee surgeons
Added: 12 Feb 2023
Modelling improvements have enabled a research team at Bristol University to refine the use of virt…
Weighing: the environmental impact
Added: 10 Feb 2023
Labs are used to taking account of the effect of their processes on the environment but on a smalle…
Sunak shuffle: strategic sense or rearranging the deckchairs?
Added: 8 Feb 2023
From a political perspective, prime minister Rishi Sunak’s predicted mini-reshuffle is either far s…
