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Royal Assent opens door to gene edited food in UK 

Added: 29 Mar 2023

The granting of Royal Assent for the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act has finally opened…

‘Ramp up diagnostic techniques or risk Avian flu spill-over’

Added: 26 Mar 2023

The co-founder of healthtech company Pictura Bio says the UK’s diagnostic testing capacity is not s…

World University rankings hat trick for Royal Veterinary College

Added: 22 Mar 2023

The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has scored a hat trick of three consecutive first place entries …

Bids process to share in £3 million Cystic Fibrosis funds opens

Added: 20 Mar 2023

Applications are invited for a share of £3 million investment to accelerate the development of new …

Putin invasion has seen loss of two out of three clinical investigator sites in Ukraine and Russia

Added: 12 Mar 2023

The number of recruiting clinical investigator sites in the countries most impacted by the invasion…

Birmingham obesity research could herald novel therapy

Added: 12 Mar 2023

The PEPITEM immunopeptide could help combat the risk of obesity-related diseases including type 2 d…

Kind to animals, kind to plants… lab’s ethical fragrance

Added: 5 Mar 2023

Scientists funded by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) have turned parfumiers…

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Northern Ireland deal appears to boost UK’s Horizon Europe hopes

Added: 1 Mar 2023

Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s achievement of an agreed new Northern Ireland protocol with his Europe…

First female Chief Scientific Adviser Dame Angela set to assume role in weeks

Added: 23 Feb 2023

Newly-appointed Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) Professor Dame Angela McLean will take o…

Treasury opts for stealth to ‘announce’ takeback of £1.6 bill EU Horizon funds

Added: 23 Feb 2023

Some £1.6 billion in funds allocated for scientific research has been taken back by the Treasury.

Enhanced computer modelling offers improved training for trainee surgeons

Added: 12 Feb 2023

Modelling improvements have enabled a research team at Bristol University to refine the use of virt…

'A fifth of cancer trial sites enrol only one patient'

Added: 3 Feb 2023

Nearly one in five cancer clinical trial enrolment sites surveyed worldwide failed to enrol more th…

UK research teams share £2.5 million kidney funding boost

Added: 3 Feb 2023

Fourteen projects focused on kidney disease treatment are to share one of the most sizeable funding…

Science reveals why Roy Keane's like a Rottweiler

Added: 1 Feb 2023

What does Roy Keane have in common with a Rottweiler? Physiologically, quite a lot – or rather a sh…

Medicines Discovery Catapult and SMi gain funding for ‘one second’ biomarker technology

Added: 29 Jan 2023

A project that aims to detect several cancer-associated biomarkers from a single blood sample in un…

Judges announced for £4 million Longitude Prize for AI-assisted dementia technology

Added: 23 Jan 2023

Leading figures from academia, charities and medical institutions are among the judges chosen for t…

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Aston claims genome breakthrough with computer modelling

Added: 22 Jan 2023

Aston University claims to have achieved the first reconstruction of a virus with its complete geno…

Quantum work ‘like turning omelettes into eggs’

Added: 22 Jan 2023

Microscopy and communications could be enhanced by adapting new techniques for improving quantum te…

Government aid for healthcare innovation trio welcomed

Added: 22 Jan 2023

InnoScot Health, the private body working with NHS Scotland to drive commercial innovation in the s…

Treatments remain effective for Mpox says study  

Added: 15 Jan 2023

Joint research by British and German institutions suggest that current drugs used to combat the glo…