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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.

Birmingham’s triage seeks way round drug discovery’s ‘valley of death’

April 21, 2024
Birmingham university has shared details of its drug development model, designed to overcome one of the biggest obstacles to realising and scaling up new discoveries and therapies.

Scottish testing centre prepares for pioneering Alzheimer’s role

April 21, 2024
The University of St Andrews is on course to launch Scotland’s first blood tests for early stage Alzheimer’s, thanks to a collaboration with healthcare giant Roche Diagnostics.

Inventors claim new microscope offers major advance for spintronics

April 20, 2024
Developers responsible for a new microscope say its improved technology enables the instrument to visualise complex electron spin states in materials.

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