All Biotechnology


UK poised to be world-leading lab-grown meat producer, claims patent firm

Added: 17 Dec 2022

The United Kingdom is on course to play a major international role in the development of lab-grown …

Discovery Park unveils scheme to grow job opportunities 100% in a decade

Added: 11 Dec 2022

Discovery Park plans to double the number of jobs it provides to around 7,000 over the next decade.…

Biotech innovators honoured at OBN 2022

Added: 20 Nov 2022

Rising stars of the biotech world were once again thrown in the spotlight at the annual OBN awards …

Quantum, click and evolution provide Nobel Science-winning ingredients 

Added: 6 Oct 2022

Quantum physics, click chemistry and evolutionary breakthroughs were the dominant themes for this y…

Sulzer acquisition to scale up biopolymer production

Added: 11 Sep 2022

Industrial giant Sulzer has acquired a stake in Netherland’s-based CELLiCON with the aim of scaling…

Biopharma lags in harnessing digitalisation suggests report

Added: 20 Aug 2022

A study of leading UK and Irish firms in the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors reveals wide …

Strathclyde tumour testing tool aims to boost experimentation 50 times

Added: 31 Jul 2022

Testing on solid tumour samples could be increased 50 times, say scientists led by the University o…

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…

eDNA and metabarcoding for monitoring biodiversity

Added: 18 Jul 2022

As the impact of anthropogenic change on environmental biodiversity becomes an increasingly pressin…

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…

Scientists announce comprehensive regional diagnostic of microbial ocean life using DNA testing

Added: 4 May 2022

Scientists announce comprehensive regional diagnostic of microbial ocean life using DNA testing. La…

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…

Augmented Reality helps people live with Parkinson's disease

Added: 29 Apr 2022

A collaborative partnership has developed the World's First pair of Parkinson’s Walking Glasses, a …

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…

Rise of the nanopores for DNA sequencing

Added: 29 Apr 2022

Dreamed up while driving, Deamer’s biomimetic nanopores took DNA sequencing by storm. Now, Dermot M…

New antibiotic assessment mechanism to procure drugs to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Added: 20 Apr 2022

One of the UK’s leading infectious disease biotech companies has lauded the conclusions of a projec…

Sustainable concept for wood-based textile fibres

Added: 14 Apr 2022

The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Si…

Scientists develop environmentally safe, frost-resistant coatings

Added: 1 Apr 2022

As the urgency to eradicate environmental pollution increases, many biomaterials are being develope…

ED&I in the UK Life Science Industry

Added: 18 Mar 2022

Research into the matter of equity, diversity & inclusion (ED&I) in the UK Life Science Industry wa…

Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals

Added: 7 Mar 2022

Researchers engineered a strain of bacteria to break down carbon dioxide (CO2), converting it into …