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Community helps overcome challenges of disability in science

December 7, 2023
Chantelle Minchin was forced by illness to drop out of her previous university course and decided to pursue a career instead in chemistry. In this account by the Royal Society...

Robots ‘offer effective intervention in combatting loneliness and negative emotions’

December 4, 2023
‘Social’ robots employed during the pandemic to overcome isolation were able to help individuals struggling with isolation, stress and other difficult emotions, claims a new study.

Aston mourns pharmacy school pioneer Mike Brown

December 4, 2023
Aston University Pharmacy School has announced the recent death of Professor Mike Brown, who was instrumental in building the reputation of the department.

One indivisible truth?

November 27, 2023
The European Medicines Agency’s vision of a single source of truth for clinical trial information forces a major shift in how companies collect and store trial data and documents, explain...

First phase of Oxford’s new 1 million sq. ft lab district begins

November 27, 2023
Laing O’Rourke will begin the initial phase of Oxford North’s £700 million new innovation district, with the aim of completing by the second quarter of 2025.

DEFRA data share essential to pandemic preparation urges expert

November 27, 2023
Non-healthcare bodies such as DEFRA need to collaborate more fully with healthcare organisations in order to boost preparations against new pandemics, warned a leading genomics expert.

Shooting the lab

November 20, 2023
If a picture tells a thousand words, a short video can do still more in the social media age. Author Lauren Murphy shares tips from her new book to inspire...

BHF and UK DRI to create vascular dementia research centre

November 19, 2023
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) will establish the UK’s first research centre dedicated to finding new treatments for vascular dementia.

Bioinformatician’s data protection work wins 2023 Einstein Prize

November 19, 2023
One of the world’s largest prizes for academic research has been awarded to the Belgian bioinformatician Yves Moreau for his work in promoting ethical standards in the use of human...

Newly launched firm secures £4.3 million seed funding to target drug-resistant bacteria

November 19, 2023
Glox Therapeutics, a company developing precision antibiotic therapies, has raised £4.3 million in seed funding to develop effective targeted therapeutics against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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