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Unravelling the secrets of RNA
Added: 4 Mar 2024
Advancing scientific knowledge of plant structures not only improves crop yields but also helps tre…
Memory deterioration prevented in animal model of Alzheimer’s
Added: 19 Feb 2024
Suppressing neuronal activity in the part of the brain that regulates sleep can prevent memory dete…
Anglo-Norwegian study casts light on treatment resistant bacteria
Added: 4 Feb 2024
A study comparing the UK and Norway over two decades, has concluded that antibiotic use may drive a…
EnsiliTech wins contract to develop ‘freezer-free’ global mRNA vaccine
Added: 28 Jan 2024
EnsiliTech, the University of Bath spin-out pioneering new methods of transporting medicines and fo…
First ever Blavatnik award wins for Heriot-Watt and Innes centre as nine share honours
Added: 21 Jan 2024
Nine scientists have shared the 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK and with it a …
Azenta’s Oxford genomics lab to open in March
Added: 21 Dec 2023
Azenta Life Sciences has selected Oxford as the location for its state of the art genomics lab open…
DEFRA data share essential to pandemic preparation urges expert
Added: 27 Nov 2023
Non-healthcare bodies such as DEFRA need to collaborate more fully with healthcare organisations in…
BHF and UK DRI to create vascular dementia research centre
Added: 19 Nov 2023
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) will establish t…
Newly launched firm secures £4.3 million seed funding to target drug-resistant bacteria
Added: 19 Nov 2023
Glox Therapeutics, a company developing precision antibiotic therapies, has raised £4.3 million in …
AI ‘nearly twice as accurate’ as biopsies at grading some sarcomas
Added: 6 Nov 2023
Tests comparing artificial intelligence and standard biopsies revealed that AI had an 86% greater s…
First UK total-body PET platform hailed as treatment/research groundbreaker
Added: 23 Oct 2023
Leading medical bodies have pioneered the launch of the UK’s first total body non-invasive PET imag…
Preventing cells ‘hijack’ reverses drug resistance in prostate cancer
Added: 23 Oct 2023
Advanced prostate cancer tumours can be prevented from hijacking myeloid white blood cells to help …
Agents of change
Added: 9 Oct 2023
We have previously focused on the importance of diagnostic collaboration in combating TB. This time…
Second malaria vaccine brings significant advance in scale
Added: 5 Oct 2023
The development of a second effective malaria vaccine has been hailed as a significant step forward…
Funding for vaccine to tackle cause of UK pig herds’ major respiratory threat
Added: 10 Sep 2023
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Biotechnology and Biological Science…
Nottingham uni spin-out secures UKRI £1 million for gene therapy tech
Added: 6 Sep 2023
University of Nottingham spin-outTherageniX and collaborator the University of Nottingham, have bee…
Innovation in digital imaging is essential for the modern lab
Added: 6 Sep 2023
Technological advances mean switching from microscopes to digital alternatives can be achieved with…
Joint study says earlier mental health care could save £600 million and improve 7 million lives
Added: 4 Sep 2023
Shortening treatment and waiting times for mental health conditions from 12 months to three months …
Low birthweight may directly increase later heart risk – study
Added: 28 Aug 2023
Low birthweight should be added to the list of risks for heart disease, urges a research paper pres…
BDD wins £2 million investment to expand early phase clinical trials
Added: 20 Aug 2023
Clinical trials company BDD has secured a further round of investment for £2 million to aid expansi…