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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…

The most detailed analysis of the human genome has been published by scientists

Global initiative aims to identify disease-linked genome variations

Added: 31 Oct 2022

A newly formed international collaborative science project created with the aim of identifying vari…

Global project to measure carbon footprint of clinical trials

Added: 16 Oct 2022

A new international initiative is developing a methodology to assess the respective environmental i…

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Online games and brain stimulation offers hope for combating working memory decline

Added: 16 Oct 2022

Tailored online games combined with a form of brain stimulation appear to show significant results …

Ukraine conflict leaves a hole in clinical trials enrolment in region

Added: 9 Oct 2022

Clinical trials in Ukraine and Russia have plunged by around 50% during 2022, according to the late…

Smart hearing system reads lips of masked speakers

Added: 26 Sep 2022

A hearing aid system under development employs radio frequency sensing paired with artificial intel…

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…

Kidney charity unveils competition for dialysis innovation

Added: 11 Sep 2022

Just weeks after a pioneering dialysis technology won a prestigious engineering award, a leading UK…

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…

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 …

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…

Strathclyde tumour testing tool aims to boost experimentation 50 times

Added: 31 Jul 2022

Testing on solid tumour samples could be increased 50 times, say scientists led by the University o…

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…

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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…

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…

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…

Tributes paid to neuroscientist Sir Colin Blakemore

Added: 3 Jul 2022

Scientists and academics have paid tribute to the late professor Sir Colin Blakemore, following his…

Understanding viral morphologies with next-generation cryo-EM

Added: 26 Jun 2022

With diverse morphologies, our understanding of Archaeal viruses remains scant. Here, Prof Edward H…

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…