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BHF awards team £30 million to develop injectable heart cure
Added: 29 Jul 2022
Research team CureHeart has won the £30 million Big Beat Challenge to develop its injectable cure f…
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…
Younger men should drink one third of women’s recommended alcohol intake, warns study
Added: 24 Jul 2022
New advice on the health dangers of alcohol challenges popular assumptions as to which groups are u…
Time for masks not musical chairs, health secretary told
Added: 9 Jul 2022
Incoming health secretary Steve Barclay has been urged to reintroduce the wearing of facemasks and …
Lack of sustained hypertension treatment undermines health objectives
Added: 9 Jul 2022
Discontinued hypertension treatment in some of the world’s leading middle-income nations is a signi…
Pistoia Alliance announces first female president
Added: 25 Jun 2022
Pistoia Alliance, the global body which promotes non-competitive R&D collaboration among leading li…
Multimillion pound grant aims to find MND treatment ‘in years, not decades’
Added: 25 Jun 2022
Specialists at six UK universities will share a £4.25 million grant to develop collaborative effort…
Bad dreams frequency could be Parkinson’s risk indicator, suggests study
Added: 10 Jun 2022
Older adults who start to experience bad dreams might be exhibiting the earliest signs of Parkinson…
How can mental health professionals open their minds to psychosis?
Added: 27 May 2022
Effective clinical care for patients with psychosis means understanding the ‘lived experience’ of t…
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 …
DOE support for scientists impacted by the war in Ukraine
Added: 6 Apr 2022
The ongoing war in Ukraine presents incredible, heartbreaking challenges to both the country and it…
UK Space Agency SPRINT funding to support business collaborations with devolved nations universities
Added: 5 Apr 2022
The national SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business support program…
UN debate on how to make science and technology more sustainable and inclusive
Added: 24 Mar 2022
A debate to discuss how science and technology can boost Covid-19 recovery is to be held in the UN.…
Rising costs and material shortages pile pressure on UK’s over-stretched laboratories
Added: 2 Mar 2022
A stark warning has been issued about the challenges facing under-pressure laboratories in the UK a…
Broader NHS gene testing could detect twice as many people at risk of cancer
Added: 28 Feb 2022
Currently limited by stringent guidelines, NHS genetic testing currently misses around half of thos…
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…
Breakthrough technique set to improve robotic cancer surgery
Added: 18 Feb 2022
The National Robotarium has received funds to develop a method to remove the margin of error for su…
Moving from 'Use by' to 'Best before' dates: participate in the project
Added: 17 Feb 2022
Many producers have elected to display 'Best before' in place of 'Use by' dates on fresh pasteurise…
Leadership pilot encourages progression for women in STEM
Added: 11 Feb 2022
To celebrate the UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science the Pistoia Alliance has anno…
World's first confocal light microscope to study chiral molecules
Added: 11 Feb 2022
Scientists from Durham University’s Chemistry Department have developed the world’s first laser sca…
