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Bial Foundation €0.3 million prize seeks winner to follow mRNA pioneers

April 27, 2023
Nominations have opened for one of Europe’s biggest health industry awards, Portugal’s €300,000 BIAL Foundation Award in Biomedicine.

Collaboration on life sciences – do we need the UK?

April 17, 2023
Undoubtedly, yes, says Jan Wauters. The benefits to Britain and Europe are too great, he argues, and without that partnership, advances in science such as those achieved with the Covid-19...

‘Ramp up diagnostic techniques or risk Avian flu spill-over’

March 26, 2023
The co-founder of healthtech company Pictura Bio says the UK’s diagnostic testing capacity is not sophisticated enough to tackle an influenza event that spills from avian to human populations.

First female Chief Scientific Adviser Dame Angela set to assume role in weeks

February 23, 2023
Newly-appointed Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) Professor Dame Angela McLean will take over from her predecessor Sir Patrick Vallance on 1 April.

A coordinated advance

February 20, 2023
Deep virology knowledge, urgency and partnership form the crucible for rapid antibody development to combat respiratory virus infection, explains Paul Kellam.

Liverpool industry and academia join forces with new solution to fight hospital infections

December 17, 2022
Antimicrobial coatings will be installed on a trial basis for touchscreens and door handles in the newly opened Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

The final frontier

November 20, 2022
Sustainability goals in science must include one untilrecently overlooked issue: lab space and the lack of it. Without increased automation and the use of emerging technology, says Doug Rich, futureproofing...

Supporting innovation in life sciences

September 20, 2022
The life sciences’ response to Covid-19 has spurred intense interest worldwide in British R&D, says James Chaffer. We must capitalise on this by investing in flexible laboratory infrastructure, scale-ups and...

Setting up a philanthropic genomic testing marketplace

July 10, 2022
Mike Hudson tells the story of how one not-for-profit has helped UK Covid testing laboratories and generated £2.5 million for good causes over the past two years. Now, the team...

Time for masks not musical chairs, health secretary told

July 9, 2022
Incoming health secretary Steve Barclay has been urged to reintroduce the wearing of facemasks and purchase top-up vaccine against Omicron COVID-19 variants.

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