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UWS’s third venture aims for fat returns from thin films

August 13, 2022
The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is aiming to tap into the country’s reputation as a magnet for spin-out investment, with a new company that aims to revolutionise...

Warning that 1 in 3 adults will lack higher Covid antibody levels by next vaccination round

August 12, 2022
A continued fall in the number of UK adults with higher level Covid antibody levels makes it likely that well over one third will lack this level of protection by...

MDC and ZEISS join forces to catapult complex medicine development

August 12, 2022
Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) the not-for-profit organisation established by Innovate UK, has joined forces with the German-based ZEISS to use advanced microscopy solutions to boost drug discovery and complex medicine...

Oxford spin-out MiroBio bought by biopharma leader for £0.3 billion

August 5, 2022
US biopharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences has sealed an agreement to purchase the Oxford University spin-out MiroBio in a deal worth an estimated £332 million (USD$405 million).

Fera Science launches £1million laboratory for insect bioconversion in York

August 5, 2022
Agri-food and environmental science services Fera Science Ltd has opened a £1 million specialist insect laboratory at its York Bioscience Campus.

BHF awards team £30 million to develop injectable heart cure

July 28, 2022
Research team CureHeart has won the £30 million Big Beat Challenge to develop its injectable cure for inherited heart muscle conditions.

Life sciences leap forward as AlphaFold shares the ‘protein universe’

July 28, 2022
AlphaFold, the artificial intelligence programme created by AI group Deep Mind has released its predictions of the structure of most of the more than 200 million known proteins, described as...

Younger men should drink one third of women’s recommended alcohol intake, warns study

July 23, 2022
New advice on the health dangers of alcohol challenges popular assumptions as to which groups are under the greatest threat from the effects of drinking.

Genetic link between Alzheimer’s Disease and gut disorders

July 23, 2022
Gut disorders may indicate a greater risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, concludes research from Australia’s Edith Cowan University.

Arboreal anural amphibians amaze academics

July 9, 2022
A study intended to track tree-dwelling mammal species has uncovered a surprise occupant in the branches – toads.

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