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Synthetic polymers offer means to bypass gene editing for biocatalysis
Added: 20 Aug 2022
Scientists believe they have found a way to improve the efficiency of biocatalysis by avoiding the …
Biopharma lags in harnessing digitalisation suggests report
Added: 20 Aug 2022
A study of leading UK and Irish firms in the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors reveals wide …
Sustainability may impact water security more than economics alone
Added: 20 Aug 2022
Equality of access among households to water supplies that are clean and plentiful may owe as much …
UWS’s third venture aims for fat returns from thin films
Added: 13 Aug 2022
The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is aiming to tap into the country’s reputation as a ma…
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 …
Fera Science launches £1million laboratory for insect bioconversion in York
Added: 5 Aug 2022
Agri-food and environmental science services Fera Science Ltd has opened a £1 million specialist in…
Oxford spin-out MiroBio bought by biopharma leader for £0.3 billion
Added: 5 Aug 2022
US biopharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences has sealed an agreement to purchase the Oxford Universit…
Pearson NFT plan eyes new revenue stream from secondhand science book sales
Added: 5 Aug 2022
Pearson is seeking to solve a problem that has dogged science publishers for years: how do you make…
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…
Aniline breakthrough promises cleaner, greener production
Added: 24 Jul 2022
A ‘cleaner, greener’ method of producing anilines – frequently used in the production of manufactur…
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…
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…
Quanta’s dialysis system wins 2022 MacRobert Award
Added: 13 Jul 2022
Quanta Dialysis Technologies’ compact dialysis machine that helped revolutionise kidney treatment h…
Arboreal anural amphibians amaze academics
Added: 9 Jul 2022
A study intended to track tree-dwelling mammal species has uncovered a surprise occupant in the bra…
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…
NI trade row halts 115 EU research grants for UK
Added: 6 Jul 2022
The long-running row between Westminster and Brussels over the Northern Ireland protocol has led to…
RSPB report criticises poor regulation of 150 pesticides
Added: 3 Jul 2022
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has attacked current risk assessments for chem…
