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AstraZeneca’s Speke U-turn deals blow to Government’s life sciences ambition
Added: 3 Feb 2025
AstraZeneca’s shock reversal of its plans to expand vaccine manufacturing at itsSpeke plant on Mers…
Seven CERSI centres launched to speed regulatory innovation in UK medicine
Added: 28 Jan 2025
Innovate UK has announced seven Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSIs…
Gallium-based bone cancer therapy paste secures £110k support
Added: 27 Jan 2025
Grant money of £110,000 has been awarded to help develop an injectable paste that could have the po…
Breast cancer tops clinical studies for fourth year as overall trial attrition rates rise
Added: 21 Jan 2025
Breast cancer continues to be the world’s most studied disease in clinical trials, topping all cate…
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Added: 20 Dec 2024
Scientist and presenter Dr Chris van Tulleken explains why eating is like an arms race as he prepar…
British Heart Foundation Heart Hero Awards highlight breakthrough pioneers
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Cardiovascular research pioneer professor Adam Greenstein has been awarded the prestigious Research…
Durham points the way for rapid delivery global surveys
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Durham university says it has achieved one of the highest ever response rates for a global, large s…
New body aims to deliver on chemicals sector green pledge
Added: 8 Dec 2024
A new body designed to speed the transition to sustainable chemicals and materials in the UK has be…
Scientists beat chefs to the skinniest spaghetti
Added: 25 Nov 2024
UCL scientists have ousted a renowned Sardinian pasta maker’s record for the thinnest pasta ever cr…
Lab News roundup: Honours, market reports, location moves, collaborations and research
Added: 14 Nov 2024
Diagnexia’s new histopathology laboratory in Oxford will have capacity to process 400,000 pathology…
NAMs offer means for UK lead in chemical testing, say Government advisors
Added: 11 Nov 2024
Britain should aim to establish itself as a global leader in testing by harnessing advanced technol…
Data FOMO may undermine clinical trials’ ROI, Phesi warns
Added: 11 Nov 2024
‘FOMO’ (fear of missing out) may be partly to blame for an over-collection of data that has dogged …
Birmingham cell science initiative promises cross-application testing
Added: 27 Oct 2024
University of Birmingham Enterprise announces the launch of a new division, Biocell Energetics, to …
Lab News roundup: multimillion investments and an RF breakthrough
Added: 18 Oct 2024
The University of Warwick is to invest £700 million in its West Midlands campus as part of its Conn…
Lab Innovations exhibitors to share on-stand expertise
Added: 13 Oct 2024
More than 4,000 attendees are expected to produce its largest-ever turnout for this year’s Lab Inno…
Roche survey reveals global ignorance of HPV-cervical cancer link
Added: 8 Oct 2024
Around one in two respondents to a multi-country survey had little or no knowledge of the role of H…
Uni-industry pairing to address UK lack of toxicology testing
Added: 6 Oct 2024
Kingston University is joining forces with an East Anglian based testing specialist to open a new f…
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…
Dundee MRC PPU wins £27 million-plus for groundbreaking disease and reagents research
Added: 8 Sep 2024
The University of Dundee’s renowned MRC PPU (Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation) unit has b…
AI to help GPs identify those at high risk of heart-related death
Added: 1 Sep 2024
An AI tool that pinpoints hidden heart risk in patients could be rolled out for GPs to use within t…
