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Investment for nerve engineering spinout

June 20, 2018
The UCL Technology Fund, UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund, alongside support from Innovate UK, have invested in spinout company Glialign, which is developing a novel cell therapy for peripheral...

DNA binding factor gives clues to the causes of MS

June 15, 2018
Researchers have identified a DNA-binding factor that might play a role in triggering multiple sclerosis.There is still no cure for multiple sclerosis, with current treatments largely based on managing symptoms.Doron...

The money man

June 15, 2018
We are all aware of the sweat, tears, and stress required to win a grant bid… but what does it look like from the other side? Jim Smith, Director of...

A real fantastic voyage

June 14, 2018
When many still think that swarms of medical nanobots in the body are the stuff of science fiction, one group is going further and placing individual nanomotors actually within human...

AI heart diagnostic on way to UK

June 13, 2018
Ultromics, the UK start-up behind artificial intelligence technology for the diagnosis of coronary heart disease, has raised £10 million in Series-A investment.The funding was led by Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI),...

UK aims high for organ on a chip technology

June 11, 2018
Several academic, industrial and regulatory biomedical research centres came together last month to propel the UK into the race to advance organ on a chip technology.Medicines Discovery Catapult, the Medical...

Israeli med tech welcomed to northern alliance

June 8, 2018
The Northern Health Science Alliance has signed an agreement to bring Israeli health and medical technology innovations to the North of England.The joint-working arrangement will support Israeli healthcare companies establishing...

Iran joins the International Agency for Research on Cancer

June 7, 2018
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has welcomed the Islamic Republic of Iran as a new participating state.The membership of the Islamic Republic of Iran also reflects the continuing...

The flora and fauna of modern forensics

June 6, 2018
The postmortem microbiome, forensic botany and some very angry creationists… when Professor Nathan H. Lents isn’t pushing forensic science in a very interesting direction he is writing some rather fabulous...

Brain Tumour Awards open for bids

June 4, 2018
Cancer Research UK has launched a new grant scheme for research aimed at advancing our understanding of brain tumours and the challenges translating discoveries into treatments.The Cancer Research UK Brain...

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