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Cancer cells in vitro

Cancer cooperation "makes treatment difficult"

Added: 26 Jan 2015

A team of researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) has made steps in understanding why ma…

Ebola virus

GSK Ebola vaccine shipped to Liberia

Added: 23 Jan 2015

Pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has shipped 300 vials of its candidate Ebola vaccine to L…

MRC Clinical Sciences Centre

'Systems genetics' could revolutionise epilepsy treatment

Added: 23 Jan 2015

Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) have pioneered novel computational and genetics techni…

A femtosecond laser created detailed hierarchical structures in the metals, as shown in this SEM ima

Physicists use laser to create 'supermaterials'

Added: 20 Jan 2015

A team of physicists from New York’s University of Rochester has used laser-patterning technology t…

MIAMI facility

Scientific data fuels nuclear safety

Added: 20 Jan 2015

Engineers at the University of Huddersfield are using electron microscopy to ensure the safety of t…

Intertek Re-Opens Immingham Docks Laboratory, One Year after Tidal Surge Destroyed Previous Humbersi

Petroleum testing lab reopens after flood

Added: 19 Jan 2015

Product testing firm Intertek has reopened its Immingham Docks Laboratory after a tidal surge and w…

Construction of the Bennet Building

Cambridge set for bioscience boost

Added: 19 Jan 2015

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has invested £44 million in deve…

Artist’s impression of Randox Science Park

Randox unveils £161m Science Park

Added: 15 Jan 2015

Medical diagnostics firm Randox intends to build a £161 million manufacturing and R&D facility in C…

Imperial College London

Gene study targets heart failure

Added: 14 Jan 2015

A study conducted by researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) has revealed the gene mutations r…

Neural stem cells

UK-China stem cell projects announced

Added: 13 Jan 2015

The Medical Research Council (MRC) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) have…

HiSeq X Ten from Illumina

Scotland secures £15m genome investment

Added: 12 Jan 2015

Experts from the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow will partner with genome sequencing firm Ill…

A venomous pit viper

Experts pioneer universal snake-bite antivenom

Added: 12 Jan 2015

A team of researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has been awarded funding …

Beer and bread may aid health

'Beer eating' bacteria could aid health

Added: 9 Jan 2015

A study led by scientists in the UK and US has revealed how a certain type of bacteria has evolved …

Antibiotics

Experts discover new antibiotic

Added: 8 Jan 2015

A team of researchers from Northeastern University in Boston, US has discovered a new antibiotic, k…

Brain power

Brain scans may predict "future failure"

Added: 7 Jan 2015

A study published today in the journal Neuron suggests that data taken from brain imaging technolog…

New optical beam-forming device making 'twisted light'

Device enables ultra-fast laser-beam steering

Added: 7 Jan 2015

A team of researchers from the University of Bristol and the University of Dundee has engineered an…

Ebola virus

Oxford begins Ebola vaccine trials

Added: 7 Jan 2015

Scientists at Oxford University are commencing initial safety trials of an Ebola vaccine which has …

Cancerous cells

Cancer-promoting gene could explain 'paradox'

Added: 6 Jan 2015

Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Centre have uncovered a cancer-promo…

Production of 500 daily litres of bioethanol from food waste

Waste produces 500L of bioethanol a day

Added: 5 Jan 2015

A project designed to produce biofuel from food industry waste has been developed in Mexico.

Clusters of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Lab creates human embryonic cells

Added: 24 Dec 2014

A team of scientists has created human primordial germ cells (PGCs) in the lab for the first time.