All Biotechnology
Going round in circles
Added: 9 Apr 2020
Single use plastics are a staple in the lab – but they are also are part of the plastics pollution …
Antibody from SARS epidemic reacts with Coronavirus
Added: 9 Apr 2020
An antibody recovered from a survivor of the SARS epidemic in the early 2000s has revealed a potent…
Time to be selective
Added: 15 Dec 2019
As the AMR crisis looms large, we would do well to look beyond classic drug targets says Dr Thomas …
Moving from push to pull
Added: 9 Dec 2019
Nothing less than an entirely new model of drug development is needed if we are to create new antib…
Money talks... and heals
Added: 25 Nov 2019
Beware the dreaded hyperbole. That is always in the forefront of my mind when writing for you. But …
AMR Centre nominates MBL inhibitor
Added: 11 Nov 2019
The AMR Centre has nominated a preclinical candidate molecule for its programme to overcome resista…
Time to reconcile science and philosophy
Added: 4 Nov 2019
Despite close historical ties, philosophy and science have had a bumpy relationship in the modern e…
More power to you
Added: 28 Oct 2019
Our need for battery power is insatiable and current lithium-ion anode technology just won’t cut it…
Mogrify raises $16M for cell therapy
Added: 18 Oct 2019
Biotechnology company Mogrify has raised an additional $16 million to develop its cell therapy prog…
Wellcome Trust on the hunt for best public engagement
Added: 16 Oct 2019
The Wellcome Trust has launched an initiative to find the best examples of public engagement projec…
Innovation and sustainability for your lab
Added: 14 Oct 2019
Source new technologies, future-proof your laboratory and find out ways to make procurement sustain…
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for cell research
Added: 7 Oct 2019
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveri…
It’s in the blood
Added: 7 Oct 2019
Despite – or perhaps because of – its importance, some of the world’s most deadly diseases have the…
SERC experiments show CO2 stunts wetlands
Added: 27 Sep 2019
While CO2 is essential for plant growth, excessive CO2 in the atmosphere is stunting growth in mars…
Nanolaser functions inside living human tissue
Added: 26 Sep 2019
A US team has developed a nanolaser that can operate in confined spaces such as quantum circuits, m…
Procarta awarded £7.4M for microbial treatment
Added: 23 Sep 2019
Biotechnology company Procarta Biosystems will receive up to £7.4 million to develop a new class of…
Law and disorder
Added: 23 Sep 2019
We have been working on Alzheimer’s for a long time… so where are all the therapeutic drugs? Here D…
Singing the praises of odd numbers
Added: 23 Sep 2019
Annoy peer reviewers and create an inclusive numerical policy? It’s a win win for Dr Matthew Partri…
European Bioinformatics Institute adds local data storage
Added: 19 Sep 2019
The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has signed a contract with colocation datacentre p…
PM reintroduces graduate visa
Added: 18 Sep 2019
A new work visa introduced by Boris Johnson’s government will allow international science students …
