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BioGrad announces national expansion with opening of York site
September 21, 2024
Laboratory testing specialist BioGrad Group has announced plans for a major site in York – the fifth site it will have established across Britain since 2022.

Replacing ultra-processed foods in diet associated with reduction in type 2 diabetes risk
September 15, 2024
A new study of the links between processed foods and diabetes risk suggests considerable variation, even within the higest degree ultra-processed food (UPF) category.

Alzheimer’s Society pledges £9 million for three dementia training centres
September 15, 2024
The Alzheimer’s Society is investing in a multimillion pound project to tackle the talent drain of promising new researchers.

Dundee MRC PPU wins £27 million-plus for groundbreaking disease and reagents research
September 7, 2024
The University of Dundee’s renowned MRC PPU (Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation) unit has been awarded additional funds of £27.4 million from the Medical Research Council (MRC).

Young innovator turns to 3D to scale up stroke recovery tool
September 7, 2024
Innovate UK’s 2023 Young Innovators award winner is using 3D printing to put his stroke recovery therapy tool into the hands of patients.

Study suggests potential heatwave impact on epilepsy
September 7, 2024
Heatwaves could be associated with an increase in abnormal brain activity among people with epilepsy, suggests a recent clinical study carried out by University College London (UCL).

Cell mapping project gives hope for new insights into endometriosis
September 1, 2024
Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Oxford University’s Nuffield department of women’s and reproductive health have created the most comprehensive and sophisticated map of the human endometrium yet achieved.

AI to help GPs identify those at high risk of heart-related death
September 1, 2024
An AI tool that pinpoints hidden heart risk in patients could be rolled out for GPs to use within two years.

The right moves
August 31, 2024
Finding lab spaces is difficult but there’s more to consider after you secure one. Switching sites takes careful planning, advises Rachel Houghton.

Heriot-Watt project wins £0.75 mill for alternative to painful cancer biopsies
August 25, 2024
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University are developing a new method of identifying cancerous DNA which could reduce the need for painful biopsy surgery.

