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Enabling miniaturisations of automated organoid drug screens

October 10, 2022
Advanced cell-based models have grown in popularity for drug testing applications. The use of nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogels has enabled organoid drug screening that is largely animal free, automation friendly and...

Simulated trials for better real-world outcomes

October 10, 2022
Improvements in technology, as well as data capture and analysis have increased the effectiveness of in silico testing. This has not only provided faster and cheaper trials but has significant...

Professional rugby players may have greater neurodegenerative disease risk, suggests research

October 8, 2022
Former international rugby players included in a recent health study showed risks of neurodegenerative diseases that averaged more than 2.5 times that for the general population.

Quantum, click and evolution provide Nobel Science-winning ingredients 

October 5, 2022
Quantum physics, click chemistry and evolutionary breakthroughs were the dominant themes for this year’s winners of the world’s best known science accolades, the Nobel Prizes for Chemistry, Physics and Medicine/Physiology

MND treatment offers hope for further research on disease variants

September 21, 2022
Treatment administered for a specific variant of motor-neurone disease (MND) has reportedly been effective in delaying the physical decline in patients, with some recording degrees of reversal of symptoms.

The OOC alternative

August 28, 2022
Microphysiological systems can be employed with the aim of providing a more accurate replication of human physiology in vitro and can prove a more effective alternative to the use of...

BHF awards team £30 million to develop injectable heart cure

July 28, 2022
Research team CureHeart has won the £30 million Big Beat Challenge to develop its injectable cure for inherited heart muscle conditions.

Life sciences leap forward as AlphaFold shares the ‘protein universe’

July 28, 2022
AlphaFold, the artificial intelligence programme created by AI group Deep Mind has released its predictions of the structure of most of the more than 200 million known proteins, described as...

Multimillion pound grant aims to find MND treatment ‘in years, not decades’

June 24, 2022
Specialists at six UK universities will share a £4.25 million grant to develop collaborative efforts to find ‘meaningful’ treatments for motor neurone disease (MND).

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