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The evolution of CRISPR cell line technology

Added: 6 Aug 2024

CRISPR technology’s initial applications were primarily focused on targeted genome editing, but its…

Scientists hijack brain parasite for new therapy delivery vehicle

Added: 3 Aug 2024

Harmful brain parasites could be effectively hijacked as vehicles for therapeutic treatment for neu…

Real time tracking could slash millions from bill for lost NHS lab samples

Added: 2 Aug 2024

Supermarket style product tracking piloted at a Leeds hospital could be used to cut the NHS’s mammo…

Nuclear arsenal

Added: 29 Jul 2024

Advances in benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance instrumentation have brought the benefits of NMR sp…

Smart spoon ‘restores’ dementia sufferers’ taste buds

Added: 29 Jul 2024

Loss of taste is one of the many symptoms of dementia and one that not only impacts sufferers’ qual…

Baby camels identified as key factor in animal to human MERS virus transmission 

Added: 29 Jul 2024

Young camels have been identified as a significant contributor in exposing humans to the potentiall…

Research reveals misbehaving genes in healthy humans 

Added: 29 Jul 2024

So-called ‘gene misbehaviour’ within the bodies of healthy human beings is far more widespread than…

Blood thinner threatens to take the sting out of cobra’s deadly bite

Added: 22 Jul 2024

CRISPR gene editing technology has enabled scientists at the University of Sydney and Liverpool Sch…

Pistoia initiative seeks to counter slow take-up of animal free testing

Added: 13 Jul 2024

More than three quarters of R&D respondents to a new survey by the global Pistoia Alliance say they…

RSB and Pirbright launch new biorisk professional registration scheme

Added: 13 Jul 2024

The Royal Society of Biology and the Pirbright Institute have launched a new professional registrat…

Vallance assumes key science ministerial role

Added: 7 Jul 2024

Former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has joined the newly elected Labour administra…

Smart clothes are the new cutting edge of physio tech

Added: 7 Jul 2024

Smart phones and watches may have met their match from a surprising source when it comes to trackin…

Government urged to put clinical signup on NHS app

Added: 7 Jul 2024

Labour must include a clinical trials option for patients as part of its commitment to extend the s…

No weekend City breaks with AI warns Harari

Added: 1 Jul 2024

‘Pulling the plug’ on AI development would be no more possible than preventing the emergence of oxy…

New chemosensor offers chance for battery free remote lactic testing

Added: 24 Jun 2024

Lactic acid testing for healthcare and in professional sports could be rendered cheaper and more ef…

Welcome for Euro IVD amendment

Added: 23 Jun 2024

EU action to avoid an impending compliance deadline for manufacturers causing a widespread shortage…

Machine learning offers means to raise accuracy of cancer analysis

Added: 11 Jun 2024

AI collaborators in Britain and the UK have developed a computer system that they say can spot canc…

New test could prevent major cause of sudden child deaths  

Added: 11 Jun 2024

A new test designed to measure blood proteins could detect the presence of a serious heart conditio…

Faster to market

Added: 10 Jun 2024

AI capable of refining content and analysing data offers incremental gains in life sciences, argues…

Floored science

Added: 10 Jun 2024

The lab is a key and growing component of the annual CHEMUK Expo. Managing director of show organis…