All Genetics


Frogs’ secret defence leaves would-be predators stuck for answers

Added: 13 Jul 2024

Notorious for their ability to produce defensive toxins, frogs can also employ another, less well-k…

Machine learning offers means to raise accuracy of cancer analysis

Added: 11 Jun 2024

AI collaborators in Britain and the UK have developed a computer system that they say can spot canc…

New test could prevent major cause of sudden child deaths  

Added: 11 Jun 2024

A new test designed to measure blood proteins could detect the presence of a serious heart conditio…

Image

UK-Swiss project harnesses tech to lower cell and gene therapies cost

Added: 20 May 2024

Innovation agencies in the UK and Switzerland have together invested more than three quarters of a …

Innovate UK grants £1million to gene therapy trio

Added: 6 May 2024

Innovate UK has awarded a grant of more than £1 million to a trio of organisations working together…

Image

Cell conversion technique ‘offers boost for personalised treatments’

Added: 28 Apr 2024

Prospects for personalised treatment for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases could have been boost…

Scottish testing centre prepares for pioneering Alzheimer’s role

Added: 21 Apr 2024

The University of St Andrews is on course to launch Scotland’s first blood tests for early stage Al…

Global forum’s cash challenge to boost cardiovascular funding

Added: 7 Apr 2024

The Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF), has announced a new cash prize aimed at i…

UK’s status as global clinical trials hub bolstered with £18 million investment

Added: 24 Mar 2024

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Innovate UK, the Advanced Therapy Treat…

Fox Foundation and bit.bio announce first Parkinson’s project

Added: 10 Mar 2024

The Michael J Fox Foundation and Cambridge synthetic biology company bit.bio have announced their f…

Unravelling the secrets of RNA

Added: 4 Mar 2024

Advancing scientific knowledge of plant structures not only improves crop yields but also helps tre…

Radio waves offer gentler and more efficient way to alter bacteria DNA

Added: 3 Mar 2024

Radio waves have been successfully harnessed to provide a less traumatic means to alter the DNA of …

‘Potash price rise undermines global food security’ warning

Added: 25 Feb 2024

Rising prices for potash across the globe are creating a threat to the level of global food securit…

AMSBIO to make double offer award for 2024

Added: 28 Jan 2024

AMSBIO has doubled its travel grant award scheme to offer two bursaries to young scientists attendi…

First ever Blavatnik award wins for Heriot-Watt and Innes centre as nine share honours

Added: 21 Jan 2024

Nine scientists have shared the 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK and with it a …

Azenta’s Oxford genomics lab to open in March

Added: 21 Dec 2023

Azenta Life Sciences has selected Oxford as the location for its state of the art genomics lab open…

Rudolph the blue-eyed reindeer, he can see the lichen glows…

Added: 18 Dec 2023

Rudolph’s red nose may be Christmas fiction but reindeer really do appear to possess another colour…

DEFRA data share essential to pandemic preparation urges expert

Added: 27 Nov 2023

Non-healthcare bodies such as DEFRA need to collaborate more fully with healthcare organisations in…

First phase of Oxford’s new 1 million sq. ft lab district begins

Added: 27 Nov 2023

Laing O’Rourke will begin the initial phase of Oxford North’s £700 million new innovation district,…

BHF and UK DRI to create vascular dementia research centre

Added: 19 Nov 2023

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) will establish t…