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Breast cancer studies top global clinical trials for 2022

Added: 15 Jan 2023

Breast cancer remains the most studied disease according to recent global analysis of thousands of …

NASA awaits return of landmark space experiments cargo

Added: 8 Jan 2023

Samples from pioneering experiments into radiation, hydroponics and bioprospecting in microgravity …

LifeArc pairs with Euro partner to improve respiratory disease outcomes

Added: 17 Dec 2022

Life science charity LifeArc has embarked on a three year partnership with the European Multicentre…

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 …

Start-up raises £0.5 million-plus towards hard tumour immunotherapy goal

Added: 27 Nov 2022

Start-up Neobe Therapeutics has raised £520K towards financing its endeavours to reduce barriers to…

Birmingham Uni institute’s Arlt to be new MRC London Institute Director

Added: 27 Nov 2022

Award-winning clinical endocrinologist Professor Wiebke Arlt will be the new Director of the Medica…

Data explosion threatens Catch 22 for pathogen research

Added: 20 Nov 2022

Science’s efforts to tackle the challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is being hampered by th…

Health data project appeals for 5 million UK volunteers

Added: 7 Nov 2022

Five million UK adults are being invited to participate in one of the largest and most ambitious he…

The most detailed analysis of the human genome has been published by scientists

Global initiative aims to identify disease-linked genome variations

Added: 31 Oct 2022

A newly formed international collaborative science project created with the aim of identifying vari…

Nikon Small World hands awards first place to photogenic gecko image

Added: 16 Oct 2022

The three millimetre hand of a lizard embryo captured on camera in incredible detail has won first …

US senators ask for comprehensive rubber turf study

Professional rugby players may have greater neurodegenerative disease risk, suggests research

Added: 9 Oct 2022

Former international rugby players included in a recent health study showed risks of neurodegenerat…

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Single amino acid change could hold key to Neanderthal demise

Added: 19 Sep 2022

New research addresses the puzzle of why, of all the human species to have evolved, only our own av…

Precision initiative offers £0.3 million for person-centred medicine

Added: 27 Aug 2022

Precision Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (PMS-IC) has launched a fund offering up to £0.3 mill…

Polymer technology offers route round cryopreservation bottlenecks

Added: 27 Aug 2022

A Warwick-based laboratory team report they have mastered a technique to solve one of the abiding f…

Warning that 1 in 3 adults will lack higher Covid antibody levels by next vaccination round

Added: 13 Aug 2022

A continued fall in the number of UK adults with higher level Covid antibody levels makes it likely…

MDC and ZEISS join forces to catapult complex medicine development

Added: 13 Aug 2022

Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) the not-for-profit organisation established by Innovate UK, has …

Genetic link between Alzheimer’s Disease and gut disorders

Added: 24 Jul 2022

Gut disorders may indicate a greater risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, concludes research…

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…

IVF research might enhance human egg development

Added: 25 Feb 2022

New findings by Max Planck IVF clinic researchers suggests the failure of human eggs is due to a we…

Applying MATIC to harness immune cells from tumours to fight cancer

Added: 4 Feb 2022

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new tool to harness immune cells from tumours …