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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…

Agar Scientific buys London Resin Company

Added: 2 Aug 2019

Laboratory equipment supplier Agar Scientific has acquired London Resin Company for an undisclosed …

Health data alliance adds eight members

Added: 1 Aug 2019

The UK Health Data Research Alliance (HDR UK) has added eight health organisations to increase the …

Imperial develops fluorescent artificial cell

Added: 31 Jul 2019

Imperial College London has created an artificial cell that fluoresces when it detects chemical cha…

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…

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…

Drug Science launches medical cannabis pilot

Added: 26 Jun 2019

Drug Science has launched a national medical cannabis pilot with the aim of boosting medical cannab…

PolyProx Therapeutics secures £3.4M for cancer treatment

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 May 2019

Cambridge-based biotechnology company PolyProx Therapeutics has raised £3.4 million in seed capital…

Darwinian cancer drug project

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 May 2019

A new drug discovery programme with a “Darwinian” approach to treating cancer will be opened at the…

Medicines Discovery Catapult partners LifeArc for biomarker R&D

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 May 2019

Medicines Discovery Catapult and LifeArc have announced partnerships to advance R&D in biomarker di…

First US based human trial of CRISPR

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 May 2019

The University of Pennsylvania has announced it has started the first formal US human trial using t…

Mutation found in drug-resistant fungus

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Apr 2019

A newly identified genetic mutation in a drug resistant fungus may help in the fight against antimi…

Cannabis-based dementia treatment

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Feb 2019

The first cannabis-based medicine to be licensed in the UK will be trialled as a treatment for peop…

Copper-rich glass for bone repair

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Feb 2019

A new treatment for osteomyelitis makes use of a copper-rich glass implant to accelerate bone repai…

New AMR strategy revamps drug payment model

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jan 2019

The UK government has revealed its new action plan for controlling antimicrobial resistance.!--more…

Wasp venom repurposed as antibiotic drug

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Dec 2018

Variants of a peptide normally found in wasp venom could have applications as an antibiotic drug fo…