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Oxford spin-out MiroBio bought by biopharma leader for £0.3 billion

August 5, 2022
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US biopharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences has sealed an agreement to purchase the Oxford University spin-out MiroBio in a deal worth an estimated £332 million (USD$405 million).
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Fera Science launches £1million laboratory for insect bioconversion in York

August 5, 2022
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Agri-food and environmental science services Fera Science Ltd has opened a £1 million specialist insect laboratory at its York Bioscience Campus.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Policy
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Pearson NFT plan eyes new revenue stream from secondhand science book sales

August 4, 2022
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Pearson is seeking to solve a problem that has dogged science publishers for years: how do you make money from textbooks beyond the first customer purchase?
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Life sciences leap forward as AlphaFold shares the ‘protein universe’

July 28, 2022
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AlphaFold, the artificial intelligence programme created by AI group Deep Mind has released its predictions of the structure of most of the more than 200 million known proteins, described as...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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BHF awards team £30 million to develop injectable heart cure

July 28, 2022
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Research team CureHeart has won the £30 million Big Beat Challenge to develop its injectable cure for inherited heart muscle conditions.
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Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Aniline breakthrough promises cleaner, greener production

July 24, 2022
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A ‘cleaner, greener’ method of producing anilines – frequently used in the production of manufacturing products – has been identified by a team at the University of Glasgow.
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Younger men should drink one third of women’s recommended alcohol intake, warns study

July 23, 2022
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New advice on the health dangers of alcohol challenges popular assumptions as to which groups are under the greatest threat from the effects of drinking.
Life Sciences
Health, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Policy
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Genetic link between Alzheimer’s Disease and gut disorders

July 23, 2022
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Gut disorders may indicate a greater risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, concludes research from Australia’s Edith Cowan University.
Life Sciences
Cell Biology, Genetics, Health
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Quanta’s dialysis system wins 2022 MacRobert Award

July 12, 2022
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Quanta Dialysis Technologies’ compact dialysis machine that helped revolutionise kidney treatment has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2022 MacRobert Award for UK engineering innovation including a £50,000 cash prize.
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Arboreal anural amphibians amaze academics

July 9, 2022
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A study intended to track tree-dwelling mammal species has uncovered a surprise occupant in the branches – toads.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Botany, Environment, Environmental, Geology
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Time for masks not musical chairs, health secretary told

July 9, 2022
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Incoming health secretary Steve Barclay has been urged to reintroduce the wearing of facemasks and purchase top-up vaccine against Omicron COVID-19 variants.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Covid-19, Haematology, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmacology, Policy
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Lack of sustained hypertension treatment undermines health objectives

July 8, 2022
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Discontinued hypertension treatment in some of the world’s leading middle-income nations is a significant factor potentially impacting heart issues and mortality, suggests a multi-national university study.
Life Sciences
Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy
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