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Report reveals ‘urgent need’ for improved drug discovery productivity

February 6, 2018
News
A new report by two UK bioscience organisations suggests that despite great strengths, the UK drug discovery community needs urgent action to make it more productive.The joint report, State of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Venture capital vital to future of biotech

January 23, 2018
News
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has released a report suggesting that pharma companies investing in emerging start-ups is now a key source of capital for biotech innovation in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Molecular printing tech recreates complex biology

January 19, 2018
News
A new fabrication technology which could allow researchers to recreate complex biological environments has been developed by a team at Queen Mary University of London.‘3DEAL’ is a simple and inexpensive...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Materials Science, Physiology
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Turning back the evolutionary clock

January 18, 2018
Feature
A glance back in evolutionary time, cancer diagnostics and a deep understanding of our connection to our mammalian ancestors… when a diverse group of biologists met over Skype, their interest...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Fossil bonanza fills important knowledge gap

January 18, 2018
News
A team of researchers have uncovered a rich diversity of microscopic animal fossils from over half a billion years ago in rocks from the northern tip of Greenland.Current accounts of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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Old dog, new tricks for TB antibiotic

January 17, 2018
News
Tuberculosis could be fought more effectively with future drugs – thanks to new research into an old antibiotic by University of Warwick and Francis Crick Institute.Professor David Roper at Warwick’s...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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Bacterial nano-scaffold hails biofuel breakthrough

January 16, 2018
News
Cell biologists have built a miniature scaffold inside bacteria that they say can be used to bolster cellular productivity, with implications for the next generation of biofuel production.The research team,...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Cell Biology
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Breathable atmosphere down to fungi

January 12, 2018
News
A team from Leeds University have shown that fungi were essential in the creation of an oxygen-rich atmosphere.The researchers created atmospheres resembling the ancient Earth and used computer models to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Physiological role found for Alzheimers protein

January 10, 2018
News
A team working on neurodevelopment of axon growth have uncovered a role for TAU, a protein linked to neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease.Scientists from the The Scripps Research Institute in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Neuroscience
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‘Tis the season for laughter and joy

December 18, 2017
Insight
Fresh from delivering this year’s RI Christmas lectures, Professor Sophie Scott put her unique spin on this stalwart of the science communications diary – we caught up with her as...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Interviews
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