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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

LLMs’ neuroscience predictions leave the experts trailing
Added: 1 Dec 2024
They’ve long since proved their effectiveness in information retrieval. Now large language models h…

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…

Lab News roundup: Honours, market reports, location moves, collaborations and research
Added: 14 Nov 2024
Diagnexia’s new histopathology laboratory in Oxford will have capacity to process 400,000 pathology…

Leukaemia research pioneers share £0.6 million fellowship funding
Added: 27 Oct 2024
Four female scientists leading innovation in cancer research have won this year’s John Goldman Fell…

Birmingham cell science initiative promises cross-application testing
Added: 27 Oct 2024
University of Birmingham Enterprise announces the launch of a new division, Biocell Energetics, to …

Swallow research produces Eppendorf win for Seeholzer
Added: 20 Oct 2024
American Laura Seeholzer is this year’s winner of the Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology, i…

Lab News roundup: multimillion investments and an RF breakthrough
Added: 18 Oct 2024
The University of Warwick is to invest £700 million in its West Midlands campus as part of its Conn…

Fulfilling Biopharma’s needs using process Raman Spectroscopy
Added: 12 Oct 2024
Quality control is vital to biopharma workflows, explains Sudhir Dahal. Raman spectroscopy can play…

AI, genes and proteins dominate Nobel 2024 prizes
Added: 11 Oct 2024
Pioneering work in AI, gene regulation and protein science underpinned this year’s Nobel Prize scie…

Roche survey reveals global ignorance of HPV-cervical cancer link
Added: 8 Oct 2024
Around one in two respondents to a multi-country survey had little or no knowledge of the role of H…

Uni-industry pairing to address UK lack of toxicology testing
Added: 6 Oct 2024
Kingston University is joining forces with an East Anglian based testing specialist to open a new f…

BioGrad announces national expansion with opening of York site
Added: 22 Sep 2024
Laboratory testing specialist BioGrad Group has announced plans for a major site in York – the fift…

Aston AIME celebrates launch with collaborative science
Added: 22 Sep 2024
The new Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence has hosted its official academic launch at Aston Un…

Replacing ultra-processed foods in diet associated with reduction in type 2 diabetes risk
Added: 15 Sep 2024
A new study of the links between processed foods and diabetes risk suggests considerable variation,…