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EPSRC funds bandage sensor tech
Added: 13 Aug 2019
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has given engineers £360,000 to develop …
Ebola patients cured with mAb drugs
Added: 13 Aug 2019
Two monoclonal antibody drugs will be used to treat Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of Co…
GNA Biosolutions raises $13.5M
Added: 12 Aug 2019
GNA Biosolutions has secured $13.5 million from its Series C funding round to advance development a…
PM announces new NHS AI lab
Added: 8 Aug 2019
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has allocated £250 million for investment in AI, including a new lab f…
3D-printed collagen forms functioning heart parts
Added: 6 Aug 2019
A new bioprinting method allows anyone to 3D-print functioning components of the human heart.
Agar Scientific buys London Resin Company
Added: 2 Aug 2019
Laboratory equipment supplier Agar Scientific has acquired London Resin Company for an undisclosed …
Imperial develops fluorescent artificial cell
Added: 31 Jul 2019
Imperial College London has created an artificial cell that fluoresces when it detects chemical cha…
Eye-controlled contact lenses
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Biomechanical engineers have created a robotic lens that allows the wearer to focus on an image thr…
Volunteer data to build new AI diagnostics
Added: 26 Jul 2019
The UK government has announced a volunteer programme that will support the development of new trea…
Algal biofuels face diverse pathogens
Added: 24 Jul 2019
DNA analysis of a predatory bacterium has revealed a much higher level of genetic diversity than pr…
Alderley Park to run Japanese AMR therapy
Added: 23 Jul 2019
Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi is out-licensing its anti-virulence therapy to the AMR Cen…
3.52M scientific procedures on animals in Britain last year
Added: 19 Jul 2019
Government figures reveal there has been a decrease in the number of scientific procedures carried …
BioCity announces golden triangle accelerator
Added: 18 Jul 2019
Life sciences business incubator BioCity has partnered Oxford Academic Health Science Network for a…
HIV virus eliminated with CRISPR and new antiretroviral therapy
Added: 4 Jul 2019
Replication-competent HIV-1 DNA – the virus responsible for AIDS – has been eliminated from the gen…
Patent triumph for CRISPR inventors
Added: 17 Jun 2019
The US Patent office has recently (May 28) issued a patent to the French biologist Emmanuelle Charp…
CRISPR edit linked with increased mortality risk
Added: 5 Jun 2019
The genetic mutation made last year by a Chinese scientist using the CRISPR technique has been asso…
Korea claims advance on 3D-printed corneas
Added: 30 May 2019
A research team in South Korea have used a 3D printer to improve the transparency of artificial cor…
