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Global oncology trial investigator sites increased by half in five years, finds new Phesi analysis

May 28, 2024
Global cancer trial investigator sites have increased 50% in just five years but led to a rise in the number of poorly performing sites, new research has revealed.

Computational design enables uni duo’s materials science breakthrough

May 27, 2024
A joint research team from two UK universities has employed computational design to develop new metal-free porous framework materials using cheap and abundant mon-metallic elements.

UK-Swiss project harnesses tech to lower cell and gene therapies cost

May 20, 2024
Innovation agencies in the UK and Switzerland have together invested more than three quarters of a million pounds in a project to integrate digitisation and process analytical technologies (PAT) for...

University of Bath aids £13.75 million chemical carbon project

May 19, 2024
The University of Bath, a leader in the development of sustainable technology, is taking part in a £14 million collaboration to cut emissions in the chemical sector.

Plummeting SME financing threatens UK llfe science, warns report

May 13, 2024
SME financing for the UK medicines pipeline plunged 43% between 2020 and 2022, suggests the Medicines Discovery Catapult’s most recent State of the Discovery Nation report.

‘Citizen army’ sought to assess Scotland’s mosquito threat

May 13, 2024
Citizen scientists are being recruited to help a collaborative project led by an alliance of academics, medical experts and government institutions to track mosquito activity in Scotland.

Human placenta map offers hope against pregnancy threats

May 6, 2024
Pregnancy safe therapies for deadly diseases such as malaria, toxoplasmosis and listeria could be boosted by the creation of the first panoramic map of the human placenta’s infection pathways.

Innovate UK grants £1million to gene therapy trio

May 5, 2024
Innovate UK has awarded a grant of more than £1 million to a trio of organisations working together on ‘life-changing’ gene therapies.

Cell conversion technique ‘offers boost for personalised treatments’

April 28, 2024
Prospects for personalised treatment for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases could have been boosted by improvements in cell conversion techniques, claim scientists at a leading Swedish institute.

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