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Breast cancer tops clinical studies for fourth year as overall trial attrition rates rise
Added: 21 Jan 2025
Breast cancer continues to be the world’s most studied disease in clinical trials, topping all cate…
At the heart of things
Added: 20 Jan 2025
London’s role as a lab science location has been limited by shortage of sites but evidence suggests…
The write stuff
Added: 20 Jan 2025
Procrastination gets you far, says Matthew Partridge. All the way to deadline time.
Unilever and Pioneer launch food and drink incubator lab at Colworth
Added: 20 Jan 2025
Unilever and Pioneer Group are to collaborate on a new state-of-the-art food and drink incubator th…
Financing smarter laboratories
Added: 13 Jan 2025
Everyone understands the importance of greater automation within the laboratory. Meeting that need,…
Composite product offers hope for neurodegenerative conditions, claim developers
Added: 13 Jan 2025
A novel composite material created by two UK universities has the potential to provide new treatmen…
Focus through time
Added: 6 Jan 2025
How had Robert Hooke’s engravings attained detail beyond the apparent powers of his microscope? Pro…
Imperial’s smart heart reading T-shirt nets £340k
Added: 6 Jan 2025
Imperial College London researchers have secured more than a third of a million pounds to enable th…
Lab and fieldwork combine to ensure Beauty moth is a little less rare
Added: 6 Jan 2025
An experimental combination of captive breeding and habitat management has seen one of the UK’s rar…
Access your free copy of the Laboratory News Christmas issue…
Added: 20 Dec 2024
Scientist and presenter Dr Chris van Tulleken explains why eating is like an arms race as he prepar…
Greener diagnostics: The sustainable revolution
Added: 17 Dec 2024
From eco-friendly materials to innovative technologies such as spectroscopy, molecular diagnostics …
Making tough choices digestible
Added: 16 Dec 2024
“To eat is to compete in an arms race,” says Dr Chris van Tulleken, whose thoughts on evangelising …
Organ on a chip tracks gut-to-brain toxins for Parkinson’s clues
Added: 16 Dec 2024
Researchers have developed a new multiple organ-on-chip system to help study how neurotoxins move f…
Stick-on monitor offers cheap and precise warning system for critical conditions, say researchers
Added: 16 Dec 2024
A novel breathing monitor created by university and commercial partners is capable of providing a l…
Biobanks: a vital investment in precision medicine
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Despite limits in size and investment, biobanks such as Estonia’s are providing deeper understandin…
New body aims to deliver on chemicals sector green pledge
Added: 8 Dec 2024
A new body designed to speed the transition to sustainable chemicals and materials in the UK has be…
Durham points the way for rapid delivery global surveys
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Durham university says it has achieved one of the highest ever response rates for a global, large s…
British Heart Foundation Heart Hero Awards highlight breakthrough pioneers
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Cardiovascular research pioneer professor Adam Greenstein has been awarded the prestigious Research…
Airflow controller and monitors with integrated gas sensor promote lab safety
Added: 3 Dec 2024
Fume cupboard manufacturers now have access to a new airflow controller and monitors with integrate…
Cell detectives offer clues to counter rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups
Added: 1 Dec 2024
The body’s ‘cell detectives’ could be employed as biomarkers for one of the world’s most widespread…
