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Aston AIME celebrates launch with collaborative science

Added: 22 Sep 2024

The new Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence has hosted its official academic launch at Aston Un…

Cell mapping project gives hope for new insights into endometriosis

Added: 1 Sep 2024

Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Oxford University’s Nuffield department of women’s …

Heriot-Watt project wins £0.75 mill for alternative to painful cancer biopsies

Added: 26 Aug 2024

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University are developing a new method of identifying cancerous DNA whic…

PacBio-Singapore project to create largest SE Asian genome dataset

Added: 11 Aug 2024

Singapore’s National Precision Medicine (NPM) Programme and genomic sequencing leader PacBio have e…

Scientists hijack brain parasite for new therapy delivery vehicle

Added: 3 Aug 2024

Harmful brain parasites could be effectively hijacked as vehicles for therapeutic treatment for neu…

Blood thinner threatens to take the sting out of cobra’s deadly bite

Added: 22 Jul 2024

CRISPR gene editing technology has enabled scientists at the University of Sydney and Liverpool Sch…

Vallance assumes key science ministerial role

Added: 7 Jul 2024

Former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has joined the newly elected Labour administra…

Government urged to put clinical signup on NHS app

Added: 7 Jul 2024

Labour must include a clinical trials option for patients as part of its commitment to extend the s…

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…

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 …

PacBio system to assist Estonia’s national genome scheme

Added: 1 Apr 2024

Estonia’s University of Tartu has chosen PacBio’s Revio HiFi sequencing system for the next stage o…

UK’s status as global clinical trials hub bolstered with £18 million investment

Added: 24 Mar 2024

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Innovate UK, the Advanced Therapy Treat…

Anglo-Norwegian study casts light on treatment resistant bacteria

Added: 4 Feb 2024

A study comparing the UK and Norway over two decades, has concluded that antibiotic use may drive a…

EnsiliTech wins contract to develop ‘freezer-free’ global mRNA vaccine

Added: 28 Jan 2024

EnsiliTech, the University of Bath spin-out pioneering new methods of transporting medicines and fo…

First ever Blavatnik award wins for Heriot-Watt and Innes centre as nine share honours

Added: 21 Jan 2024

Nine scientists have shared the 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK and with it a …

DEFRA data share essential to pandemic preparation urges expert

Added: 27 Nov 2023

Non-healthcare bodies such as DEFRA need to collaborate more fully with healthcare organisations in…

Genomics summit speaker calls for radical thinking to aid millions of rare disease patients

Added: 16 Oct 2023

Hope is not lost for the thousands of individuals dealing with rare or undiagnosed diseases, urged …

To have and to hold: NTU scientists get to grips with protein breakthrough

Added: 6 May 2023

Nottingham Trent University scientists say they have been able to isolate a single protein to study…

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…

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 …