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Replicating viruses work together to thwart opponents
Added: 19 Feb 2023
New research into the cooperative and competitive behaviour of viruses in the human body could help…

UK research teams share £2.5 million kidney funding boost
Added: 3 Feb 2023
Fourteen projects focused on kidney disease treatment are to share one of the most sizeable funding…

Science reveals why Roy Keane's like a Rottweiler
Added: 1 Feb 2023
What does Roy Keane have in common with a Rottweiler? Physiologically, quite a lot – or rather a sh…

UK biotech investment plunges 60% from previous year's all-time high
Added: 29 Jan 2023
UK biotech investment for 2022 dropped from the previous year’s all-time record, reveals the latest…
Aston claims genome breakthrough with computer modelling
Added: 22 Jan 2023
Aston University claims to have achieved the first reconstruction of a virus with its complete geno…

Government aid for healthcare innovation trio welcomed
Added: 22 Jan 2023
InnoScot Health, the private body working with NHS Scotland to drive commercial innovation in the s…

Call for targeted approach to boost bird-friendly farming
Added: 8 Jan 2023
Threatened farmland bird species would benefit from a more strategic investment of resources rather…

NASA awaits return of landmark space experiments cargo
Added: 8 Jan 2023
Samples from pioneering experiments into radiation, hydroponics and bioprospecting in microgravity …

LifeArc pairs with Euro partner to improve respiratory disease outcomes
Added: 17 Dec 2022
Life science charity LifeArc has embarked on a three year partnership with the European Multicentre…

UK poised to be world-leading lab-grown meat producer, claims patent firm
Added: 17 Dec 2022
The United Kingdom is on course to play a major international role in the development of lab-grown …

Liverpool industry and academia join forces with new solution to fight hospital infections
Added: 17 Dec 2022
Antimicrobial coatings will be installed on a trial basis for touchscreens and door handles in the …

Birmingham Uni institute’s Arlt to be new MRC London Institute Director
Added: 27 Nov 2022
Award-winning clinical endocrinologist Professor Wiebke Arlt will be the new Director of the Medica…

Start-up raises £0.5 million-plus towards hard tumour immunotherapy goal
Added: 27 Nov 2022
Start-up Neobe Therapeutics has raised £520K towards financing its endeavours to reduce barriers to…

Imaging breakthrough may provide ASD diagnosis biomarker
Added: 27 Nov 2022
Scientists at Yale University say they have identified a possible biomarker for autism spectrum dis…

Data explosion threatens Catch 22 for pathogen research
Added: 20 Nov 2022
Science’s efforts to tackle the challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is being hampered by th…

Kent Uni lab aims to tackle footballer cardiac threat
Added: 20 Nov 2022
The University of Kent claims it has achieved a first for UK labs by directly imaging at photomicro…

Biotech innovators honoured at OBN 2022
Added: 20 Nov 2022
Rising stars of the biotech world were once again thrown in the spotlight at the annual OBN awards …

Swiss-UK deal eases EU Horizon disappointments
Added: 14 Nov 2022
Britain and Switzerland have sealed an agreement for collaboration on research and innovation proje…

Health data project appeals for 5 million UK volunteers
Added: 7 Nov 2022
Five million UK adults are being invited to participate in one of the largest and most ambitious he…

Database of 4 million race starts enables major study of Thoroughbred sudden death
Added: 31 Oct 2022
The first study ever made on a large scale of sudden death in Thoroughbred race horses has suggeste…