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Pistoia initiative seeks to counter slow take-up of animal free testing

Added: 13 Jul 2024

More than three quarters of R&D respondents to a new survey by the global Pistoia Alliance say they…

Frogs’ secret defence leaves would-be predators stuck for answers

Added: 13 Jul 2024

Notorious for their ability to produce defensive toxins, frogs can also employ another, less well-k…

Vallance assumes key science ministerial role

Added: 7 Jul 2024

Former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has joined the newly elected Labour administra…

New chemosensor offers chance for battery free remote lactic testing

Added: 24 Jun 2024

Lactic acid testing for healthcare and in professional sports could be rendered cheaper and more ef…

Welcome for Euro IVD amendment

Added: 23 Jun 2024

EU action to avoid an impending compliance deadline for manufacturers causing a widespread shortage…

Machine learning offers means to raise accuracy of cancer analysis

Added: 11 Jun 2024

AI collaborators in Britain and the UK have developed a computer system that they say can spot canc…

Seaweed-to-packaging spinout scoops £4million-plus private investment 

Added: 9 Jun 2024

Bath university spinout Kelpi has secured £4.35 million in funding from a slew of City firms to lau…

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Light technology ‘may offer sustainable AMR solution’ 

Added: 9 Jun 2024

New technology pioneered by an Italian company working with University of Birmingham scientists cou…

‘Citizen army’ sought to assess Scotland’s mosquito threat

Added: 13 May 2024

Citizen scientists are being recruited to help a collaborative project led by an alliance of academ…

Fewer than one in three experts prepared for AI challenge, suggests Pistoia 

Added: 13 May 2024

Less than one third of life science experts polled in a Pistoia Alliance survey say they are coping…

Nanotech provides Nelson with an edge over two old opponents

Added: 6 May 2024

Sophisticated nanotechnology is being employed to protect the legacy of Britain’s most famous admir…

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Human placenta map offers hope against pregnancy threats

Added: 6 May 2024

Pregnancy safe therapies for deadly diseases such as malaria, toxoplasmosis and listeria could be b…

Innovate UK grants £1million to gene therapy trio

Added: 6 May 2024

Innovate UK has awarded a grant of more than £1 million to a trio of organisations working together…

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Cell conversion technique ‘offers boost for personalised treatments’

Added: 28 Apr 2024

Prospects for personalised treatment for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases could have been boost…

Scottish testing centre prepares for pioneering Alzheimer’s role

Added: 21 Apr 2024

The University of St Andrews is on course to launch Scotland’s first blood tests for early stage Al…

‘Heartphone’ tracker could revolutionise disease prevention

Added: 14 Apr 2024

The popularity of the smartphone could provide significant advances in the rate of detection of hea…

Global forum’s cash challenge to boost cardiovascular funding

Added: 7 Apr 2024

The Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF), has announced a new cash prize aimed at i…

Study links inbreeding and pregnancy loss in horses

Added: 7 Apr 2024

Mid and late term pregnancy loss among thoroughbred horses appears to correlate significantly with …

PacBio system to assist Estonia’s national genome scheme

Added: 1 Apr 2024

Estonia’s University of Tartu has chosen PacBio’s Revio HiFi sequencing system for the next stage o…

Five years beavering bears water for ecologists

Added: 1 Apr 2024

An East Anglian project to reintroduce beavers to the region claims the animals have contributed to…