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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…

Global initiative aims to identify disease-linked genome variations
Added: 31 Oct 2022
A newly formed international collaborative science project created with the aim of identifying vari…

Nikon Small World hands awards first place to photogenic gecko image
Added: 16 Oct 2022
The three millimetre hand of a lizard embryo captured on camera in incredible detail has won first …

Professional rugby players may have greater neurodegenerative disease risk, suggests research
Added: 9 Oct 2022
Former international rugby players included in a recent health study showed risks of neurodegenerat…
Single amino acid change could hold key to Neanderthal demise
Added: 19 Sep 2022
New research addresses the puzzle of why, of all the human species to have evolved, only our own av…

Polymer technology offers route round cryopreservation bottlenecks
Added: 27 Aug 2022
A Warwick-based laboratory team report they have mastered a technique to solve one of the abiding f…

Precision initiative offers £0.3 million for person-centred medicine
Added: 27 Aug 2022
Precision Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (PMS-IC) has launched a fund offering up to £0.3 mill…

MDC and ZEISS join forces to catapult complex medicine development
Added: 13 Aug 2022
Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) the not-for-profit organisation established by Innovate UK, has …

Warning that 1 in 3 adults will lack higher Covid antibody levels by next vaccination round
Added: 13 Aug 2022
A continued fall in the number of UK adults with higher level Covid antibody levels makes it likely…

Genetic link between Alzheimer’s Disease and gut disorders
Added: 24 Jul 2022
Gut disorders may indicate a greater risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, concludes research…

Scientists announce comprehensive regional diagnostic of microbial ocean life using DNA testing
Added: 4 May 2022
Scientists announce comprehensive regional diagnostic of microbial ocean life using DNA testing. La…

IVF research might enhance human egg development
Added: 25 Feb 2022
New findings by Max Planck IVF clinic researchers suggests the failure of human eggs is due to a we…

Applying MATIC to harness immune cells from tumours to fight cancer
Added: 4 Feb 2022
Northwestern University researchers have developed a new tool to harness immune cells from tumours …

Researchers discover how lactic acid weakens anti-tumour defences
Added: 4 Feb 2022
In cancer research, it has long been known that lactic acid, or lactate, is produced in large quant…

Monitoring DNA in air samples could revolutionise biomonitoring
Added: 10 Jan 2022
DNA from air could revolutionise the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists. Two resear…

New microscope uses photonics to gain insights into ‘superbugs’
Added: 25 Nov 2021
Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner …

Olympus Image of the Year Award 2021
Added: 4 Nov 2021
Olympus has just launched its third Image of the Year contest and is accepting entries. Each year, …

Potential new treatment for COVID-19 identified
Added: 1 Nov 2021
Researchers have identified a potential new treatment that suppresses the replication of SARS-CoV-2…

New mechanism that regulates the spread of breast cancer discovered
Added: 22 Oct 2021
A research group at the University of Turku, Finland, has discovered a completely new mechanism tha…

New potential factor contributing to severity of COVID-19 identified
Added: 27 Sep 2021
Researchers have found that the so-called 'do not eat me', virus-induced signal protein, CD47, may …