All Medical/Health


Starry, starry night

Added: 5 Feb 2024

After just three years, the Lab Awards has come of age with a standalone event, a record number of …

UK continues to lead Europe for life science and biotech investment

Added: 4 Feb 2024

Venture capital investment in UK life sciences and biotech continues to outperform the rest of Euro…

Anglo-Norwegian study casts light on treatment resistant bacteria

Added: 4 Feb 2024

A study comparing the UK and Norway over two decades, has concluded that antibiotic use may drive a…

EnsiliTech wins contract to develop ‘freezer-free’ global mRNA vaccine

Added: 28 Jan 2024

EnsiliTech, the University of Bath spin-out pioneering new methods of transporting medicines and fo…

Knauer mourns death of founder

Added: 28 Jan 2024

Founder of the German lab equipment manufacturer KNAUER Dr Herbert Knauer has died at the age of 92.

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…

The changing diagnostic testing paradigm

Added: 22 Jan 2024

Despite laboratories’ longstanding reliance upon microbial culture for infectious disease identific…

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Bath hosts new water-based public health initiative

Added: 21 Jan 2024

The University of Bath is to host the newest Research England Centre of Excellence, with £13 millio…

Bacteriophage therapies: exciting but not new

Added: 18 Jan 2024

Recent interest in this area of antibacterial treatments neglects the fact it has a substantial his…

Cherwell joins global brand AnalytiChem Group

Added: 14 Jan 2024

Cleanroom microbiology solutions leader Cherwell Laboratories has been acquired by the German globa…

Hearing’s the cue for wearing

Added: 8 Jan 2024

Feedback matters for any medical technology developer. When it comes to wearable devices, listening…

Aston £18 mill bid to lead on science and tech

Added: 8 Jan 2024

Aston University is investing £18 million in doctoral research funding to realise its aim of being …

Covid blow to Turing’s first year but positives too

Added: 8 Jan 2024

Britain’s replacement to the Erasmus Programme scholarships attained less than 60% of its target nu…

Modern microscopy identifies Dutch master’s £175k handiwork

Added: 21 Dec 2023

A microscope discovered by chance in a house clearance has been authenticated as the work of ‘the f…

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…

AI responsibility remains in our hands, warns Ri Christmas Lecturer

Added: 18 Dec 2023

Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool for better decision making but the ‘ethical buck’ stops …

Testing giant invests millions in connected lab

Added: 18 Dec 2023

Global testing, inspection and certification services leader Element Materials Technology has commi…

RSC calls for better career access for chemists with disability

Added: 10 Dec 2023

The Royal Society of Chemistry has criticised its sector in a new report charging that it has done …

Therapy ‘alters immune cells’ to fight unresponsive tumours

Added: 10 Dec 2023

Finnish researchers say they have discovered how a new cancer therapy can alter the function of imm…

Turning down the heat

Added: 4 Dec 2023

Selecting the right cold storage for academic laboratories is a challenge, acknowledges Rob Fowler,…