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Magnetotactic bacteria project aims to develop living cancer ‘magnetobots’

July 12, 2026
News
Aston University is leading a €1.2m international research project to investigate whether naturally magnetic bacteria can be harnessed to deliver targeted cancer therapies. Funded through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biomedics, Drug development, Microbiology, Oncology, Pharmacology
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Funding to support colorectal cancer platform targeting ‘undruggable’ proteins

July 12, 2026
News
University of Bath spin-out Revolver Therapeutics has secured £572k to advance a drug discovery platform designed to target transcription factors, proteins long regarded as among the most difficult targets in...
Life Sciences
Drug Discovery, Oncology
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Life sciences sector urges Government to back investment and innovation

July 12, 2026
News
The UK life sciences sector has called on Government to maintain policy continuity, improve access to growth capital and accelerate adoption of innovation across the NHS during a BioIndustry Association...
Life Sciences
Biotech, Investment
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Genomic study sheds light on ‘Typhoid Mary’ carriers

July 12, 2026
News
Researchers have carried out the first large-scale genomic study of enteric fever carriage in England and Wales, revealing that the risk of unknowingly spreading the disease appears to depend more...
Life Sciences
Biology, Epidemiology, Genomics, Pathology
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Teaching the rules: Sample handling in class

July 5, 2026
Insight
Treat school laboratories seriously, they’re the ultimate stress test environment for products and procedures and for shaping behaviours, urges Isabel Murphy. Even lab managers and suppliers can learn something. From...
Life Sciences
laboratory education, Sample integrity
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Breaking up prolonged sitting linked to lower cancer death risk

July 5, 2026
News
Breaking up long periods of sitting with light physical activity could reduce the risk of cancer death, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Glasgow. Published...
Life Sciences
heart disease, Oncology
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Study identifies best practice for whale shark tagging

July 5, 2026
News
An international team led by scientists at the Marine Biological Association (MBA) has published new guidance aimed at improving the way researchers track whale sharks, helping strengthen conservation efforts for...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
conservation, Marine Biology
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Agreement moves Paralympian McFall closer to historic space mission

July 5, 2026
News
A new agreement between the UK Government and commercial space company Vast has moved UK astronaut John McFall a step closer to becoming the first person with a physical disability...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Physiology, Prosthetics, Space science
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Latest Lab Talk News in Brief: System overhaul, development, investment, appointments

July 1, 2026
News
Clinisys has completed deployment of its WinPath laboratory information management system at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, replacing a legacy pathology system that had been in use for more than 30...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Appointments, Digitalisation, Investment, Lab build
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Lab-or-a-tol-o-gy: Software, soft soap

June 29, 2026
Insight
Over promising systems sellers can be the bane of the science researcher’s life, admits Matthew Partridge. There is an English idiom, ‘call a spade a spade’ which if you’ve not...
Life Sciences
AI, ELN, laboratory informatics, LIMS
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