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Seven CERSI centres launched to speed regulatory innovation in UK medicine

Added: 28 Jan 2025

Innovate UK has announced seven Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSIs…

Gallium-based bone cancer therapy paste secures £110k support

Added: 27 Jan 2025

Grant money of £110,000 has been awarded to help develop an injectable paste that could have the po…

Breast cancer tops clinical studies for fourth year as overall trial attrition rates rise

Added: 21 Jan 2025

Breast cancer continues to be the world’s most studied disease in clinical trials, topping all cate…

Unilever and Pioneer launch food and drink incubator lab at Colworth

Added: 20 Jan 2025

Unilever and Pioneer Group are to collaborate on a new state-of-the-art food and drink incubator th…

Composite product offers hope for neurodegenerative conditions, claim developers

Added: 13 Jan 2025

A novel composite material created by two UK universities has the potential to provide new treatmen…

Imperial’s smart heart reading T-shirt nets £340k

Added: 6 Jan 2025

Imperial College London researchers have secured more than a third of a million pounds to enable th…

Lab and fieldwork combine to ensure Beauty moth is a little less rare

Added: 6 Jan 2025

An experimental combination of captive breeding and habitat management has seen one of the UK’s rar…

Access your free copy of the Laboratory News Christmas issue…

Added: 20 Dec 2024

Scientist and presenter Dr Chris van Tulleken explains why eating is like an arms race as he prepar…

Organ on a chip tracks gut-to-brain toxins for Parkinson’s clues

Added: 16 Dec 2024

Researchers have developed a new multiple organ-on-chip system to help study how neurotoxins move f…

Stick-on monitor offers cheap and precise warning system for critical conditions, say researchers

Added: 16 Dec 2024

A novel breathing monitor created by university and commercial partners is capable of providing a l…

New body aims to deliver on chemicals sector green pledge

Added: 8 Dec 2024

A new body designed to speed the transition to sustainable chemicals and materials in the UK has be…

Durham points the way for rapid delivery global surveys

Added: 8 Dec 2024

Durham university says it has achieved one of the highest ever response rates for a global, large s…

British Heart Foundation Heart Hero Awards highlight breakthrough pioneers

Added: 8 Dec 2024

Cardiovascular research pioneer professor Adam Greenstein has been awarded the prestigious Research…

Airflow controller and monitors with integrated gas sensor promote lab safety

Added: 3 Dec 2024

Fume cupboard manufacturers now have access to a new airflow controller and monitors with integrate…

Cell detectives offer clues to counter rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups 

Added: 1 Dec 2024

The body’s ‘cell detectives’ could be employed as biomarkers for one of the world’s most widespread…

Research suggests heart condition impacted by many rather than one single gene

Added: 25 Nov 2024

New research has called into question the nature of the genetic catalysts for a leading cause of he…

Bacteria point the way for sustainable space power

Added: 18 Nov 2024

An international research project involving scientists from Heriot-Watt University has found inspir…

Lab News roundup: Honours, market reports, location moves, collaborations and research

Added: 14 Nov 2024

Diagnexia’s new histopathology laboratory in Oxford will have capacity to process 400,000 pathology…

Life science leaders warn medicine’s Budget windfall must be supported by talent drive

Added: 11 Nov 2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget announcement of more than half a billion pounds-worth of investmen…

Leukaemia research pioneers share £0.6 million fellowship funding

Added: 27 Oct 2024

Four female scientists leading innovation in cancer research have won this year’s John Goldman Fell…