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Lab Babble: A certain ratio

November 18, 2024
And the award goes to... a man. Perhaps we need to look more critically at the gender imbalance among scientific prize recipients, suggests Russ Swan.

Translating food safety from the laboratory to the factory floor

November 17, 2024
Advances in the science of food safety might begin with the laboratory but much of the pressures for improvement and greater efficiencies derive from industry and consumers.

‘University cash crisis will impact future of R&D’ warning

November 17, 2024
Reports that nearly three in four universities are facing deficits in the next financial year raise serious questions regarding the future of UK research and development, warns a leading higher...

Lab News roundup: Honours, market reports, location moves, collaborations and research

November 14, 2024
Diagnexia’s new histopathology laboratory in Oxford will have capacity to process 400,000 pathology specimens per year. The site, which boasts full CQC registration and is seeking UKAS accreditation complements the...

Transparency is key to tackling drugs shortages

November 11, 2024
However fast labs develop new therapies, the complex route to patients exacerbates shortages that compromise health outcomes. Connecting quality, regulatory, and manufacturing data is key to improving supply chain agility,...

Build the wall!

November 11, 2024
Relax, Matthew Partridge hasn’t gone MAGA; his target’s lab chore dodgers.

Life science leaders warn medicine’s Budget windfall must be supported by talent drive

November 11, 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget announcement of more than half a billion pounds-worth of investment in medicine manufacturing must be coupled with fresh effort to train a skilled workforce, warns a...

NAMs offer means for UK lead in chemical testing, say Government advisors

November 11, 2024
Britain should aim to establish itself as a global leader in testing by harnessing advanced technology to improve the assessment and regulation of dangerous chemicals, urges a key Whitehall departmental...

Budget delivers financial heft to Labour’s science R&D promises

November 3, 2024
The Labour government’s first Budget appeared to confirm a commitment to life sciences and research & development in order to help generate economic growth.

Global focus: the key to infectious disease control

October 31, 2024
President of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, Professor Paul Ananth Tambyah explains to Rachel Sully the importance of recognising, declaring and responding to infectious diseases such as Mpox, and...

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