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Agents of change

October 9, 2023
We have previously focused on the importance of diagnostic collaboration in combating TB. This time, PBD Biotech’s Ben Swift explains the impact of his company’s work with Leicester University in...

Second malaria vaccine brings significant advance in scale

October 4, 2023
The development of a second effective malaria vaccine has been hailed as a significant step forward in the battle to combat the disease.

Funding for vaccine to tackle cause of UK pig herds’ major respiratory threat

September 9, 2023
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council are funding the Royal Veterinary College efforts to develop vaccines to tackle the most...

Nottingham uni spin-out secures UKRI £1 million for gene therapy tech

September 6, 2023
University of Nottingham spin-outTherageniX and collaborator the University of Nottingham, have been awarded a £995,000 grant from Innovate UK.

Innovation in digital imaging is essential for the modern lab

September 5, 2023
Technological advances mean switching from microscopes to digital alternatives can be achieved without sacrificing image quality. And, says Gina Zini, this allows better quality screening and clinical collaboration, improved training,...

Joint study says earlier mental health care could save £600 million and improve 7 million lives 

September 4, 2023
Shortening treatment and waiting times for mental health conditions from 12 months to three months could reduce the financial burden on the NHS and improve treatment outcomes and therefore quality...

Low birthweight may directly increase later heart risk – study

August 27, 2023
Low birthweight should be added to the list of risks for heart disease, urges a research paper presented to the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2023.

BDD wins £2 million investment to expand early phase clinical trials

August 20, 2023
Clinical trials company BDD has secured a further round of investment for £2 million to aid expansion of its patented drug delivery technology and specialist clinical trial services.

Universities share UKRI ‘s £13 mill AI for health fund

August 12, 2023
Secretary of State for Science and Technology Michelle Donelan announced £13 million-worth of funding for 22 university-based projects to develop and use AI in the health sector.

Accelerating cancer research with automation

July 30, 2023
Chemotherapies that rely on replication-associated DNA damage can affect healthy cells as well as cancer cells, to the detriment of patients. Sweden’s Karolinska Institute is developing DNA repair inhibitors that...

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