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Funding for vaccine to tackle cause of UK pig herds’ major respiratory threat

September 9, 2023
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council are funding the Royal Veterinary College efforts to develop vaccines to tackle the most...

Nottingham uni spin-out secures UKRI £1 million for gene therapy tech

September 6, 2023
University of Nottingham spin-outTherageniX and collaborator the University of Nottingham, have been awarded a £995,000 grant from Innovate UK.

RVC’s Webster ‘honoured’ to receive prized Leeuwenhoek Medal

September 5, 2023
Professor of Parasitic Diseases at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) Joanne Webster has been awarded the Royal Society’s prestigious Leeuwenhoek Medal and Lecture, which recognises and celebrates outstanding contributions to...

100 Technicians share Hauksbee Award honours

September 4, 2023
One hundred technicians working in a range of sectors and campaigning to raise their profession’s profile and skills shortages have been honoured en masse for their efforts with young audiences.

Joint study says earlier mental health care could save £600 million and improve 7 million lives 

September 4, 2023
Shortening treatment and waiting times for mental health conditions from 12 months to three months could reduce the financial burden on the NHS and improve treatment outcomes and therefore quality...

Innovate UK grants £1.6 million to boost oligonucleotide therapeutics manufacture with machine learning

September 4, 2023
Cambridge-based software company Intellegens has secured a £1.6 million grant from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to apply machine learning in the emerging field of oligonucleotide...

Quantum go-‘slow’ allows first view of chemical process

August 28, 2023
Sydney university researchers have scored a scientific first by employing a quantum computer to observe a process critical in chemical reactions.

Low birthweight may directly increase later heart risk – study

August 27, 2023
Low birthweight should be added to the list of risks for heart disease, urges a research paper presented to the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2023.

Can science tackle ACL threat to women players’ World Cup success?

August 20, 2023
The knee injury England midfielder Keira Walsh narrowly avoided at the World Cup has been identified as a key threat to women football players on the pitch.

BDD wins £2 million investment to expand early phase clinical trials

August 20, 2023
Clinical trials company BDD has secured a further round of investment for £2 million to aid expansion of its patented drug delivery technology and specialist clinical trial services.

Siemens supports Indivior to set new standards with automated plant in Hull

August 19, 2023
Siemens is supporting global manufacturer of addiction and mental health treatment medicines Indivior to help create a 1,731 sq ft automated Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing facility at its UK...

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