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Polymer technology offers route round cryopreservation bottlenecks

Added: 27 Aug 2022

A Warwick-based laboratory team report they have mastered a technique to solve one of the abiding f…

Warning that 1 in 3 adults will lack higher Covid antibody levels by next vaccination round

Added: 13 Aug 2022

A continued fall in the number of UK adults with higher level Covid antibody levels makes it likely…

MDC and ZEISS join forces to catapult complex medicine development

Added: 13 Aug 2022

Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) the not-for-profit organisation established by Innovate UK, has …

Protein

Life sciences leap forward as AlphaFold shares the ‘protein universe’

Added: 29 Jul 2022

AlphaFold, the artificial intelligence programme created by AI group Deep Mind has released its pre…

BHF awards team £30 million to develop injectable heart cure

Added: 29 Jul 2022

Research team CureHeart has won the £30 million Big Beat Challenge to develop its injectable cure f…

Younger men should drink one third of women’s recommended alcohol intake, warns study

Added: 24 Jul 2022

New advice on the health dangers of alcohol challenges popular assumptions as to which groups are u…

Genetic link between Alzheimer’s Disease and gut disorders

Added: 24 Jul 2022

Gut disorders may indicate a greater risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, concludes research…

In silico study sheds light on elephants’ cancer resistance

Added: 17 Jul 2022

Elephants’ ability to combat cancer could help develop treatments in humans and also bolster conser…

Setting up a philanthropic genomic testing marketplace

Added: 10 Jul 2022

Mike Hudson tells the story of how one not-for-profit has helped UK Covid testing laboratories and …

Lack of sustained hypertension treatment undermines health objectives

Added: 9 Jul 2022

Discontinued hypertension treatment in some of the world’s leading middle-income nations is a signi…

Multimillion pound grant aims to find MND treatment ‘in years, not decades’

Added: 25 Jun 2022

Specialists at six UK universities will share a £4.25 million grant to develop collaborative effort…

How does automation improve lab testing?

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Laboratory results can be instrumental in telling scientists and health care professionals about pe…

Bad dreams frequency could be Parkinson’s risk indicator, suggests study

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Older adults who start to experience bad dreams might be exhibiting the earliest signs of Parkinson…

How can mental health professionals open their minds to psychosis?

Added: 27 May 2022

Effective clinical care for patients with psychosis means understanding the ‘lived experience’ of t…

E. coli K-12 turns 100 this year

Added: 17 May 2022

While not your most obvious candidate for centenary celebrations, Brittany Niccum explains why we s…

Winning collaboration for LIMS implementation

Added: 11 May 2022

Under pressure to safeguard its incoming student body from COVID-19, The University of Nottingham n…

Lab furniture design for health and hygiene

Added: 10 May 2022

Unlike cleanrooms, many laboratories aren’t ISO 14644 registered when it comes to air particle coun…

Are virtual audits sustainable post-pandemic?

Added: 5 May 2022

With a mindful eye on the low environmental impact offered by virtual audits, Kate Coleman investig…

Risk, rewards, and regulations for gene editing

Added: 3 May 2022

UK leading authority on the human genome, Professor Robin Lovell-Badge speaks with Dermot Martin on…

Improving contract lab efficiency and productivity through automation

Added: 29 Apr 2022

As demand for outsourced microbiological testing to assure the food value chain increases, contract…