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Depression now in Top Five most studied diseases in clinical development
Added: 23 Jul 2023
Phesi’s mid-year global analysis of all clinical trials conducted to date in 2023 confirms a shift …
Fulbright Award for CMU academic’s ground-breaking organ storage research
Added: 23 Jul 2023
An academic from Cardiff Metropolitan University has received a prestigious Fulbright Award to enab…
Yellow brick road, smart glasses and virtual assistant join semi-finalist of multimillion Longitude dementia tech competition
Added: 11 Jul 2023
An augmented reality ‘yellow brick road’, smart glasses that recognise faces and a virtual speech a…
Multimillion brain trauma investment aims to revolutionise diagnosis and treatment
Added: 3 Jul 2023
The Medical Research Council has announced investment of £9.5 million towards a research platform t…
Study reveals flu pandemics’ 20 year long tail
Added: 18 Jun 2023
New analysis of historic data from the previous two centuries suggests that influenza pandemics cre…
RVNs produce first veterinary nurses’ guide by fellow professionals
Added: 21 May 2023
Enterprising registered veterinary nurses have turned authors to produce the first guide for their …
New UK phage centre unveils weapon in battle against TB deaths
Added: 14 May 2023
This week sees the official opening of the UK Centre for Phage Research, based at the University of…
Lab Innovations reports majority of exhibition space sold for 2023
Added: 14 May 2023
Trade show Lab Innovations says it has sold more than 84% of its exhibition space for this year, de…
Royal Assent opens door to gene edited food in UK
Added: 29 Mar 2023
The granting of Royal Assent for the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act has finally opened…
‘Ramp up diagnostic techniques or risk Avian flu spill-over’
Added: 26 Mar 2023
The co-founder of healthtech company Pictura Bio says the UK’s diagnostic testing capacity is not s…
Bids process to share in £3 million Cystic Fibrosis funds opens
Added: 20 Mar 2023
Applications are invited for a share of £3 million investment to accelerate the development of new …
Birmingham obesity research could herald novel therapy
Added: 12 Mar 2023
The PEPITEM immunopeptide could help combat the risk of obesity-related diseases including type 2 d…
First female Chief Scientific Adviser Dame Angela set to assume role in weeks
Added: 23 Feb 2023
Newly-appointed Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) Professor Dame Angela McLean will take o…
'A fifth of cancer trial sites enrol only one patient'
Added: 3 Feb 2023
Nearly one in five cancer clinical trial enrolment sites surveyed worldwide failed to enrol more th…
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…
Medicines Discovery Catapult and SMi gain funding for ‘one second’ biomarker technology
Added: 29 Jan 2023
A project that aims to detect several cancer-associated biomarkers from a single blood sample in un…
Judges announced for £4 million Longitude Prize for AI-assisted dementia technology
Added: 23 Jan 2023
Leading figures from academia, charities and medical institutions are among the judges chosen for t…
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…
