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UK’s status as global clinical trials hub bolstered with £18 million investment

March 24, 2024
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The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Innovate UK, the Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre Network and the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) have announced a strategic...
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Birmingham wins backing for ‘lollipop’ mouth cancer diagnostic

March 24, 2024
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A single step mouth cancer diagnostic that can be moulded into a solid and applied lollipop-style has won backing from Cancer Research UK and the Physical Sciences Research Council.
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Three nation European partnership to advance heart disease treatment

March 24, 2024
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The British Heart Foundation (BHF), Dutch Heart Foundation (DHF) and German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) have combined forces for a new round of investment to support medical breakthroughs in...
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Aston and allies open doctoral centre for next generation greenhouse gas leaders

March 18, 2024
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Aston University is to host a doctoral training centre to train a new generation of scientists to head the implementation of the UK’s net zero targets.
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Scots biotech labs receive vital scale-up boost

March 18, 2024
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Scottish bio-based business will be able to access a state-of-the-art fermenter vital to develop products at scale, for the first time.
Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Policy
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Pharma/life science survey response deals blow to Sunak’s overtures

March 11, 2024
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Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s efforts to put life science investment at the heart of the UK’s economic recovery have been dealt a blow in a new survey that suggests respondents...
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Fox Foundation and bit.bio announce first Parkinson’s project

March 10, 2024
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The Michael J Fox Foundation and Cambridge synthetic biology company bit.bio have announced their first collaborative project to produce human cell products for research and drug discovery to combat Parkinson’s...
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Extra-terrestrial invader downgraded to a truck

March 10, 2024
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Ground vibrations picked up at a remote seismic station a decade ago and attributed to a meteor may have a more mundane origin, suggests new research.
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Private R&D investment fall prompts pre-Budget call for action

March 3, 2024
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In a statement timed ahead of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget, the chief executive of the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) has spoken of his concern over new...
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Radio waves offer gentler and more efficient way to alter bacteria DNA

March 3, 2024
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Radio waves have been successfully harnessed to provide a less traumatic means to alter the DNA of bacteria cells.
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Jellyfish inspire fast forensics fingerprint breakthrough

March 3, 2024
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A new water soluble, non-toxic fluorescent spray that renders fingerprints visible in 10 seconds is being pioneered by an Anglo-Chinese university team – with inspiration from jellyfish.
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‘Potash price rise undermines global food security’ warning

February 25, 2024
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Rising prices for potash across the globe are creating a threat to the level of global food security warns a new joint study by UCL, the University of Edinburgh and...
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