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Scottish testing centre prepares for pioneering Alzheimer’s role

April 21, 2024
The University of St Andrews is on course to launch Scotland’s first blood tests for early stage Alzheimer’s, thanks to a collaboration with healthcare giant Roche Diagnostics.

Look to your assets

April 15, 2024
Waste reduction or recycling is usually the focus for driving greener practice in the lab but what about asset management? It can improve efficiency and sustainability simultaneously, explains Katie Harrison.

Honing in on the chemical lab

April 15, 2024
This year’s version of the CHEMUK show is the largest ever but it also has an enhanced focus on the chemical laboratory, which has its dedicated zone and programme.

‘Heartphone’ tracker could revolutionise disease prevention

April 14, 2024
The popularity of the smartphone could provide significant advances in the rate of detection of heart failure, suggests collaborative work between Finland’s University of Turku and healthcare tech firm CardioSignal.

Science mourns Nobel physicist Higgs

April 13, 2024
Tributes been made worldwide to Peter Higgs, the Nobel-winning physicist who gave his name to the Higgs boson subatomic particle and whose work altered understanding of the universe.

Global forum’s cash challenge to boost cardiovascular funding

April 7, 2024
The Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF), has announced a new cash prize aimed at improving funding strategies for impactful research into heart related conditions.

Study links inbreeding and pregnancy loss in horses

April 6, 2024
Mid and late term pregnancy loss among thoroughbred horses appears to correlate significantly with the prevalence of inbreeding, according a Royal Veterinary College study.

Report warns of crisis as Europe’s generic medicines reduced

April 6, 2024
A recently published study that Europe faces a crisis stemming from a substantial decline in the availability of generic medicines.

PacBio system to assist Estonia’s national genome scheme

April 1, 2024
Estonia’s University of Tartu has chosen PacBio’s Revio HiFi sequencing system for the next stage of one of the most ambitious national population genome projects.

Five years beavering bears water for ecologists

April 1, 2024
An East Anglian project to reintroduce beavers to the region claims the animals have contributed towards successfully reducing the impact of flooding and drought by storing millions of litres of...

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