Articles tagged with "Biotechnology"
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Scents-ibly sustainable
January 8, 2024
Rather than plundering scarce natural resources, Glasgow University scientists Hua Wang and Sofia Sandalli are looking to the lab for a more ethical approach to perfume production.
Flower power inspires drug cell breakthrough
December 4, 2023
Bath university scientists have borrowed from nature to develop more stable versions of proteins and peptides for more effective pharmaceutical treatments.

AI ‘nearly twice as accurate’ as biopsies at grading some sarcomas
November 6, 2023
Tests comparing artificial intelligence and standard biopsies revealed that AI had an 86% greater success rate than its competitor, suggests new research from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and...

Outsmarting contaminants
September 25, 2023
Time-consuming off-site manual testing is being supplanted in many areas by faster and greater capacity digital 24/7 field versions. James Flewellen details how one new collaboration could overhaul toxic material...

Relief from scientific community greets Horizon Europe deal
September 8, 2023
UK readmission to Horizon Europe and the Copernicus programme has been greeted with widespread relief by key scientific institutions.

Fulbright Award for CMU academic’s ground-breaking organ storage research
July 22, 2023
An academic from Cardiff Metropolitan University has received a prestigious Fulbright Award to enable him to research new approaches to biological preservation at Harvard University.

Research provides a material boost for epilepsy treatment
June 18, 2023
New materials for probes used in brain surgery could have the potential to provide a transformation in treatment for conditions such as temporal lobe epilepsy, claim researchers.

Evolving prostate cancer research with FFPE samples
May 29, 2023
Dr. Nallasivam Palanisamy of the Henry Ford Health System and Michigan State University and Dr. Han Wei of Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, who have been collaborating, together with their respective...

New UK phage centre unveils weapon in battle against TB deaths
May 14, 2023
This week sees the official opening of the UK Centre for Phage Research, based at the University of Leicester, in a move designed to boost investment in the use of...

Royal Assent opens door to gene edited food in UK
March 28, 2023
The granting of Royal Assent for the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act has finally opened the door for the commercial development of gene-edited food in England.

