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Brain differences associated with epilepsy

February 14, 2018
Epilepsy is associated with thickness and volume differences in the grey matter of several brain regions, according to new research.The largest-ever neuroimaging study of people with epilepsy, led by UCL...

Funding to target G-proteins

February 13, 2018
Domainex, a privately-owned drug discovery services company, has been awarded funding to develop a new biophysical screening method for G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs).The company will receive £118,000 from the UK’s...

UK company awarded for diagnostic breathalyzer

February 12, 2018
A UK diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for disease, has won a global award for its Breath Biopsy platform.As one of the three winners of the global Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis...

A distinctly combinatorial approach

February 12, 2018
As energy costs go up, will we be able to leverage the power of the sun to produce chemicals? Meet Dr Timothy Noël, who last year scooped the DECHEMA award...

Cancer deal struck with Merck

February 9, 2018
Cancer Research UK and The Institute of Cancer Research have announced a multi-project collaboration deal with Merck to discover and develop new anticancer drugs.The parties will collaborate on three independent research...

T’is the season to be queasy

February 7, 2018
As the flu season continues to wreak havoc – with so-called ‘Aussie flu’ on the rampage _– we get to the science behind the headlines Influenza is a complicated and therefore...

Boom year for UK life science investment

February 7, 2018
An analysis of investment in life sciences in European capital cities has shown London raised the most in 2017, reaching nearly £1bn.The findings are from MedCity, set up to promote...

Watching DNA being read with cryo-EM

February 7, 2018
Scientists have unveiled images of the DNA code being read and interpreted – revealing new detail about one of the fundamental processes of life.Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research...

Report reveals ‘urgent need’ for improved drug discovery productivity

February 6, 2018
A new report by two UK bioscience organisations suggests that despite great strengths, the UK drug discovery community needs urgent action to make it more productive.The joint report, State of...

Venture capital vital to future of biotech

January 23, 2018
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has released a report suggesting that pharma companies investing in emerging start-ups is now a key source of capital for biotech innovation in...

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