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Access to Medicine Index

GSK tops 'Access to Medicine Index'

Added: 17 Nov 2014

Figures released today in the 2014 Access to Medicine Index reveal that pharmaceutical firms are do…

University of Manchester NGI and NPL graphene agreement

Graphene commercialisation deal signed

Added: 14 Nov 2014

The University of Manchester and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) yesterday signed a deal to …

MXenes flexible and strong nanocomposite

Strong and flexible nanomaterial engineered

Added: 11 Nov 2014

Researchers at Drexel University in the US and Dalian University of Technology in China have chemic…

Business secretary Vince Cable

£50m for new technologies

Added: 6 Nov 2014

A £50 million fund to support new technologies in areas including synthetic biology and grapheme wa…

Vince Cable visits The BBSRC National Virology centre at The Pirbright institute

UK virology centre opens

Added: 3 Nov 2014

Business Secretary Vince Cable has opened the UK’s new National Virology Centre in Surrey.

Ebola virus

Genetic make-up behind Ebola survival

Added: 31 Oct 2014

Studies in mice could enhance drug and vaccine development by reflecting the diversity of reactions…

ISSF supported universities 2014

£38m fund for biomedical research

Added: 30 Oct 2014

The Wellcome Trust has granted 25 UK universities funding to pursue areas of unmet need within biom…

Pinmap of Tweets Related to HIV in the US

Curbing HIV with social media

Added: 29 Oct 2014

’Big data’ taken from social media posts could be used reduce the spread of diseases such as HIV, a…

Tecan pipetting arm

Automated liquid handling exhibiting growth

Added: 29 Oct 2014

The requirement for non-contact liquid handling systems is boosting the automated sector, a Frost &…

Cancerous cells

Cancer Research UK signs experimental drugs deal

Added: 28 Oct 2014

Jointly funded project will provide access to potential new treatments and help boost blood cancer …

Ebola virus particles

Union calls for Ebola drug funding

Added: 27 Oct 2014

The survival rate for those who catch Ebola is roughly 30%, suggesting immunity to the disease is p…

Gold nanosensor

Gold nanosensor improves drug monitoring

Added: 27 Oct 2014

A Canadian research team claims its nanoscale device can help minimise a cancer drug’s adverse side…

Wine

Drink to your memory, experts suggest

Added: 24 Oct 2014

For people over the age of 60 who do not have dementia, light alcohol consumption is associated wit…

George Freeman tweet

£31m genomics centre announced

Added: 23 Oct 2014

The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation is investing $50 million (£31m) to establish a new genomics …

Chancellor George Osborne

£230m for research technologies

Added: 23 Oct 2014

Chancellor George Osborne has announced new government investment for technologies to help revoluti…

Microwalkers

Autonomous 'walkers' navigate cell surfaces

Added: 23 Oct 2014

A new system that mimics the body’s ability to guide cells, enzymes and molecules to specific struc…

Fracking

Fracking water reuse economised

Added: 21 Oct 2014

Scientists use established technology to purify and reuse water taken from hydraulic fracturing (fr…

Pills

AbbVie-Shire deal falls through

Added: 21 Oct 2014

AbbVie’s £32 billion takeover of drugs firm Shire has been terminated, both companies have confirme…

Pills

'Major breakthrough' could expose new drug discovery

Added: 21 Oct 2014

Scientists claim a major breakthrough in the study of a group of proteins that could usher in a “hu…

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Diarrhoea drug "shows promise"

Added: 20 Oct 2014

A new drug designed to reduce the symptoms associated with chronic diarrhoea has shown promise in a…