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Baby camels identified as key factor in animal to human MERS virus transmission
Added: 29 Jul 2024
Young camels have been identified as a significant contributor in exposing humans to the potentiall…

Research reveals misbehaving genes in healthy humans
Added: 29 Jul 2024
So-called ‘gene misbehaviour’ within the bodies of healthy human beings is far more widespread than…

Pistoia initiative seeks to counter slow take-up of animal free testing
Added: 13 Jul 2024
More than three quarters of R&D respondents to a new survey by the global Pistoia Alliance say they…

Frogs’ secret defence leaves would-be predators stuck for answers
Added: 13 Jul 2024
Notorious for their ability to produce defensive toxins, frogs can also employ another, less well-k…

Vallance assumes key science ministerial role
Added: 7 Jul 2024
Former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has joined the newly elected Labour administra…

New chemosensor offers chance for battery free remote lactic testing
Added: 24 Jun 2024
Lactic acid testing for healthcare and in professional sports could be rendered cheaper and more ef…

Welcome for Euro IVD amendment
Added: 23 Jun 2024
EU action to avoid an impending compliance deadline for manufacturers causing a widespread shortage…

Machine learning offers means to raise accuracy of cancer analysis
Added: 11 Jun 2024
AI collaborators in Britain and the UK have developed a computer system that they say can spot canc…

Seaweed-to-packaging spinout scoops £4million-plus private investment
Added: 9 Jun 2024
Bath university spinout Kelpi has secured £4.35 million in funding from a slew of City firms to lau…

Light technology ‘may offer sustainable AMR solution’
Added: 9 Jun 2024
New technology pioneered by an Italian company working with University of Birmingham scientists cou…

‘Citizen army’ sought to assess Scotland’s mosquito threat
Added: 13 May 2024
Citizen scientists are being recruited to help a collaborative project led by an alliance of academ…

Fewer than one in three experts prepared for AI challenge, suggests Pistoia
Added: 13 May 2024
Less than one third of life science experts polled in a Pistoia Alliance survey say they are coping…

Nanotech provides Nelson with an edge over two old opponents
Added: 6 May 2024
Sophisticated nanotechnology is being employed to protect the legacy of Britain’s most famous admir…

Human placenta map offers hope against pregnancy threats
Added: 6 May 2024
Pregnancy safe therapies for deadly diseases such as malaria, toxoplasmosis and listeria could be b…

Innovate UK grants £1million to gene therapy trio
Added: 6 May 2024
Innovate UK has awarded a grant of more than £1 million to a trio of organisations working together…

Cell conversion technique ‘offers boost for personalised treatments’
Added: 28 Apr 2024
Prospects for personalised treatment for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases could have been boost…

Scottish testing centre prepares for pioneering Alzheimer’s role
Added: 21 Apr 2024
The University of St Andrews is on course to launch Scotland’s first blood tests for early stage Al…

‘Heartphone’ tracker could revolutionise disease prevention
Added: 14 Apr 2024
The popularity of the smartphone could provide significant advances in the rate of detection of hea…

Global forum’s cash challenge to boost cardiovascular funding
Added: 7 Apr 2024
The Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF), has announced a new cash prize aimed at i…

Study links inbreeding and pregnancy loss in horses
Added: 7 Apr 2024
Mid and late term pregnancy loss among thoroughbred horses appears to correlate significantly with …