All Drug Discovery


Health data project appeals for 5 million UK volunteers

Added: 7 Nov 2022

Five million UK adults are being invited to participate in one of the largest and most ambitious he…

Enabling miniaturisations of automated organoid drug screens

Added: 10 Oct 2022

Advanced cell-based models have grown in popularity for drug testing applications. The use of nanof…

Simulated trials for better real-world outcomes

Added: 10 Oct 2022

Improvements in technology, as well as data capture and analysis have increased the effectiveness o…

US senators ask for comprehensive rubber turf study

Professional rugby players may have greater neurodegenerative disease risk, suggests research

Added: 9 Oct 2022

Former international rugby players included in a recent health study showed risks of neurodegenerat…

Quantum, click and evolution provide Nobel Science-winning ingredients 

Added: 6 Oct 2022

Quantum physics, click chemistry and evolutionary breakthroughs were the dominant themes for this y…

MND treatment offers hope for further research on disease variants

Added: 22 Sep 2022

Treatment administered for a specific variant of motor-neurone disease (MND) has reportedly been ef…

The OOC alternative

Added: 28 Aug 2022

Microphysiological systems can be employed with the aim of providing a more accurate replication of…

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…

Protein

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…

Pistoia Alliance announces first female president

Added: 25 Jun 2022

Pistoia Alliance, the global body which promotes non-competitive R&D collaboration among leading li…

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…

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…

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…

Personalised medicine demands diversity in clinical trials

Added: 23 Feb 2022

Equity requires us to recognise and celebrate our differences, especially when it comes to health. …

Incorporating valuable microbiome data into drug development pipeline

Added: 16 Feb 2022

A three-phase project will build a ‘Microbiome Atlas’ to power an algorithm for predicting the micr…

Making an impact in remote laboratory research

Added: 16 Feb 2022

During Lab Innovations last November, Anna Cooper and Raymond Wong were delighted to pick up the ‘M…

World's first confocal light microscope to study chiral molecules

Added: 11 Feb 2022

Scientists from Durham University’s Chemistry Department have developed the world’s first laser sca…

Applying digital technology and AI to compound management

Added: 9 Feb 2022

Sample management has changed enormously over the past 20 years. Steve Knight discusses the technol…

BIA response to conclusion of NICE methods and processes review

Added: 31 Jan 2022

BioIndustry Association expert expresses disappointment in the scope of the conclusions draw by NIC…