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Firm claims successful results for test identifying 50 cancers
Added: 19 Oct 2025
US company Grail claims that results for its new blood test suggest it is capable of diagnosing mor…
Molecule demonstrates success controlling Parkinson’s-associated protein behaviour
Added: 6 Oct 2025
A so-called peptide switch developed by university scientists could offer a means to prevent the bu…
Research identifies a culprit behind cancer immunotherapy failures
Added: 21 Sep 2025
A joint UK-Finland academic project has provided new evidence about a longstanding cancer treatment…
Hearing pioneer James Hudspeth dies aged 79
Added: 24 Aug 2025
A. James Hudspeth, the American neuroscientist credited with discovering how the inner ear translat…
Protein inhibitor offers potential to counter advance of brain tumours
Added: 24 Aug 2025
Drugs that prevent the body from clearing parts of brain cells damaged by cancer could help slow tu…
Study suggests older male endurance athletes have greater heart rhythm risk
Added: 21 Jul 2025
Older male endurance athletes may be at higher risk of abnormal heart rhythms, according to a study…
Mass collaboration produces benchmark recommendations for oxylipin studies
Added: 4 Jun 2025
An international collaboration involving 100 individuals from more than 70 academic institutions ha…
Space science helps target medicine’s ‘final frontier’
Added: 29 May 2025
Space pioneers have joined an international effort to unravel the mechanisms behind what they descr…
Researchers get to the heart of organ development
Added: 18 May 2025
Advanced microscopy has enabled researchers to capture in real time the formation of an animal hear…
Mosquito project overwhelmed by swarm of willing citizen scientists
Added: 5 May 2025
Citizen scientists working with the University of Glasgow have amassed more than 700 reports over a…
Trials tackle if menstrual cycle contributes to women’s soccer injury
Added: 5 May 2025
Football governing body FIFA is funding Kingston University to research whether the menstrual cycle…
Royal Marsden claims first with online daily adaptive radiotherapy treatment
Added: 5 May 2025
London’s Royal Marsden Hospital is claiming a medical first for a radiotherapy planning system that…
PacBio to partner ‘first ever’ North African based dementia study
Added: 28 Apr 2025
Biotechnology company PacBio is to be a partner in a project to address the under representation of…
AI enables vets to take cues straight from the horse’s mouth
Added: 21 Apr 2025
Two Swedish research institutions have developed an AI platform that provides a 'digital voice' for…
Genetic study suggests possible means to identify drug resistant epilepsy
Added: 21 Apr 2025
Identifiying ‘genetic signatures’ could enable medical experts to determine which epilepsy sufferer…
Protein test 'for a fiver' may quadruple accuracy of heart risk prediction
Added: 12 Apr 2025
Basic £5 blood tests for a single protein could more accurately predict a person's risk of heart at…
New survey finds lower levels of vitamins and iodine in UK milk
Added: 11 Apr 2025
A new survey of cows’ milk on sale in UK supermarkets has found that it contains lower levels of vi…
Study reveals older exercisers are made of tougher stuff
Added: 6 Apr 2025
Older adults may be more physically resilient when exercising than is commonly supposed, according …
Further grant-aided purchase boosts AIME’s status as regional science leader
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Grant money of £1.5 million has enabled installation of a new mass spectrometer at Aston Institute …
Uni teams share £1 million award for work to tackle dormant breast cancer
Added: 1 Mar 2025
Research teams from the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield will share £1 million to help unde…
