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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…

Real time tracking could slash millions from bill for lost NHS lab samples

Added: 2 Aug 2024

Supermarket style product tracking piloted at a Leeds hospital could be used to cut the NHS’s mammo…

Waste firm claims a first using Raman lab tech

Added: 1 Aug 2024

Waste management specialist CSG is employing lab technology in the field for a new service to ident…

Smart spoon ‘restores’ dementia sufferers’ taste buds

Added: 29 Jul 2024

Loss of taste is one of the many symptoms of dementia and one that not only impacts sufferers’ qual…

Baby camels identified as key factor in animal to human MERS virus transmission 

Added: 29 Jul 2024

Young camels have been identified as a significant contributor in exposing humans to the potentiall…

Research reveals misbehaving genes in healthy humans 

Added: 29 Jul 2024

So-called ‘gene misbehaviour’ within the bodies of healthy human beings is far more widespread than…

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…

Freudenberg-NOK develops bio-EPDM

Surrey takes the p… in order to feed the world

Added: 22 Jul 2024

It sounds like the classic p… take but work is underway on a project to counter the world shortage …

PrISMa creators aim to bridge net zero innovation’s valley of death

Added: 22 Jul 2024

It’s the phrase that encapsulates the perennial challenge of transitioning a successful laboratory …

Pistoia initiative seeks to counter slow take-up of animal free testing

Added: 13 Jul 2024

More than three quarters of R&D respondents to a new survey by the global Pistoia Alliance say they…

RSB and Pirbright launch new biorisk professional registration scheme

Added: 13 Jul 2024

The Royal Society of Biology and the Pirbright Institute have launched a new professional registrat…

Frogs’ secret defence leaves would-be predators stuck for answers

Added: 13 Jul 2024

Notorious for their ability to produce defensive toxins, frogs can also employ another, less well-k…

Vallance assumes key science ministerial role

Added: 7 Jul 2024

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

Smart clothes are the new cutting edge of physio tech

Added: 7 Jul 2024

Smart phones and watches may have met their match from a surprising source when it comes to trackin…

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…

Just one week to beat Lab Awards' 19 July deadline!

Added: 2 Jul 2024

The final opportunity to take part in the premier awards for the UK and Ireland’s laboratory profes…

No weekend City breaks with AI warns Harari

Added: 1 Jul 2024

‘Pulling the plug’ on AI development would be no more possible than preventing the emergence of oxy…

Six pioneers shortlisted for £350,000 AF Harvey prize

Added: 1 Jul 2024

Six leading international researchers have been shortlisted as nominees for the Institution of Engi…

New chemosensor offers chance for battery free remote lactic testing

Added: 24 Jun 2024

Lactic acid testing for healthcare and in professional sports could be rendered cheaper and more ef…