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£25m challenge targets unanswered questions in upper gastrointestinal cancers

September 27, 2026
News
Scientists worldwide are being invited to tackle two major unanswered questions about stomach and oesophageal cancers through a new £25 million Cancer Grand Challenges initiative. Developed by the Torrey Coast...
Life Sciences
collaboration, Gastrointestinal disease, Medical/Health, Oncology
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Keeping cleanroom contamination under control with good design

September 27, 2026
Insight
Cleanroom controls need to achieve more than initial compliance, says Phillip Godden. To be effective, you need to take a longer perspective… A surprising number of cleanrooms are designed to...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Materials
contanimation control, Lab design, Regulation & compliance
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Latest Lab Talk News in Brief: Investment, acquisition, appointments, partnerships, awards, training, R&D

September 24, 2026
Magnitude Biosciences has secured £1.3m in funding to accelerate commercialisation of its VivoScan in vivo high-throughput screening platform. The Durham University spinout uses C. elegans nematodes, advanced imaging, machine learning,...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Acquisitions, Investment, Partnerships, training
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Bitrobius targets mitochondrial gene delivery with £700k ARIA grant

September 20, 2026
News
Bitrobius Genetics has been awarded a £700,000 grant from the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) to investigate whether its gene-delivery technology can be adapted to deliver DNA into mitochondria....
Life Sciences
Gene delivery, Genetics, Mitochondrial research
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Blood-based sequencing offers early clues to sepsis pathogens

September 20, 2026
News
An international research collaboration is being extended with €300,000 in funding to investigate a blood-based sequencing approach that could help identify infection-causing pathogens in patients with sepsis more rapidly. The...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
clinical care, Microfuidics, pathogens, sepsis
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UCL scientist recognised for molecular evolution research

September 20, 2026
News
University College London scientist Professor Ziheng Yang has been awarded one of the 2026 Balzan Prizes for his contributions to molecular evolution and the development of methods for understanding patterns...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Awards, Computer Science, Genomics, Molecular science
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Borderline anaemia linked to increased mortality risk, study finds

September 13, 2026
News
People with haemoglobin levels just above the threshold currently used to diagnose anaemia may face a higher risk of death than those with higher haemoglobin concentrations within the normal range,...
Life Sciences
Data analysis, Haematology, R&D, WHO
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Deadline approaching for UK musculoskeletal innovation accelerator applicants

September 13, 2026
News
Researchers, clinicians, engineers and entrepreneurs developing new technologies for musculoskeletal health have until 4 October to apply for the 2026 MSK Innovation Accelerator. The six-month, fully funded programme offers each...
Physics & Engineering, Life Sciences
Investment, Medical technology, Musculoskeletal health
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AI life sciences adoption hampered by business processes, survey finds

September 13, 2026
News
Healthcare and life sciences organisations are struggling to integrate AI into existing business processes, with a new survey suggesting that poorly designed or legacy processes are undermining AI initiatives and...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
AI & Digitalisation, Regulation & compliance
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AI imaging platform targets rare cellular events

September 7, 2026
News
Researchers in Scotland are set to gain access to an AI-powered imaging platform designed to identify rare cellular events among millions of cells, potentially allowing biomedical researchers to study biological...
Life Sciences
Biology, Cytology, datasets, funding, Imaging
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