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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…

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…

In silico study sheds light on elephants’ cancer resistance
Added: 17 Jul 2022
Elephants’ ability to combat cancer could help develop treatments in humans and also bolster conser…

Setting up a philanthropic genomic testing marketplace
Added: 10 Jul 2022
Mike Hudson tells the story of how one not-for-profit has helped UK Covid testing laboratories 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…

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…

How does automation improve lab testing?
Added: 13 Jun 2022
Laboratory results can be instrumental in telling scientists and health care professionals about pe…

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…

E. coli K-12 turns 100 this year
Added: 17 May 2022
While not your most obvious candidate for centenary celebrations, Brittany Niccum explains why we s…

Winning collaboration for LIMS implementation
Added: 11 May 2022
Under pressure to safeguard its incoming student body from COVID-19, The University of Nottingham n…

Lab furniture design for health and hygiene
Added: 10 May 2022
Unlike cleanrooms, many laboratories aren’t ISO 14644 registered when it comes to air particle coun…

Are virtual audits sustainable post-pandemic?
Added: 5 May 2022
With a mindful eye on the low environmental impact offered by virtual audits, Kate Coleman investig…

Risk, rewards, and regulations for gene editing
Added: 3 May 2022
UK leading authority on the human genome, Professor Robin Lovell-Badge speaks with Dermot Martin on…

Improving contract lab efficiency and productivity through automation
Added: 29 Apr 2022
As demand for outsourced microbiological testing to assure the food value chain increases, contract…

Rise of the nanopores for DNA sequencing
Added: 29 Apr 2022
Dreamed up while driving, Deamer’s biomimetic nanopores took DNA sequencing by storm. Now, Dermot M…

The voice of the empowered patient is on the rise
Added: 22 Apr 2022
Industry experts agree that patient-centricity should be the overriding aim of global life science …

New antibiotic assessment mechanism to procure drugs to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Added: 20 Apr 2022
One of the UK’s leading infectious disease biotech companies has lauded the conclusions of a projec…