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PolyProx Therapeutics secures £3.4M for cancer treatment

May 17, 2019
Cambridge-based biotechnology company PolyProx Therapeutics has raised £3.4 million in seed capital to finance development of its cancer drug technology. The Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge spin-out will develop...

Darwinian cancer drug project

May 16, 2019
A new drug discovery programme with a “Darwinian” approach to treating cancer will be opened at the Institute of Cancer Research in London. The new Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery...

Human microbiome

May 15, 2019
There is so much to be discovered about the human microbiome, but what we do know is pretty amazing...

Deep ocean garbage

May 15, 2019
Plastic debris has been found in the deepest part of the ocean. As part of The Five Deeps expedition, US explorer Victor Vescovo travelled 10,927 metres to the bottom of...

Radioactive carbon in deep ocean crustaceans

May 14, 2019
Radioactive carbon released into the atmosphere from nuclear bomb tests more than 50 years ago has entered the food chain at the deepest parts of the ocean. Chinese Academy of...

Climate change boosts banana disease

May 10, 2019
Climate change has been found to raise the risk of a fungal disease in banana crops. The University of Exeter found that higher temperatures and an increase in atmospheric moisture...

Gene therapy regenerates heart tissue

May 9, 2019
A coding gene has been shown to regenerate cells in pig hearts, which may help repair structural damage caused by heart attacks. Cardiologists at King’s College London delivered a small...

Flea bacteria

May 9, 2019
This digitally colourised scanning electron microscopic image depicts a number of yellow _Yersinia pestis_bacteria.

Medicines Discovery Catapult partners LifeArc for biomarker R&D

May 9, 2019
Medicines Discovery Catapult and LifeArc have announced partnerships to advance R&D in biomarker discovery and proteomics technology. The organisations will develop biomarkers that detect the safety of novel drug molecules...

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