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GSK drug discovery boost

Experimental drug Bill gets government backing

Added: 20 Oct 2014

A new law which would give dying patients access to untested medicines has received backing from th…

New technology developed to diagnose cancer cells

Test developed for ovarian cancer

Added: 16 Oct 2014

Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) have developed a test that will help doctors choose th…

Cannabis leaf

Cannabis-based epilepsy drug 'promising'

Added: 15 Oct 2014

Children with treatment-resistant epilepsy have been prescribed a cannabidiol drug in clinical tria…

Ebola virus

Canada begins Ebola vaccine trials

Added: 14 Oct 2014

An experimental Ebola vaccine developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada is set to be tested i…

Light-activated diabetes drug

Light-activated diabetes treatment possible

Added: 14 Oct 2014

Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) have created a light-activated drug that could reduce …

Drugs

Myeloma drug trials to begin

Added: 13 Oct 2014

Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) have developed a cancer drug which they plan to trial …

Beer

Beer tastes good, scientists prove

Added: 9 Oct 2014

A team of scientists in Belgium has discovered why beer and wine tastes good to both humans and fru…

Lion's Lair 2013

Only the brave enter the Lion's Lair

Added: 9 Oct 2014

Lab Innovations 2014 is once again playing host to the fiendishly competitive Lion’s Lair competiti…

CCS

Slurry method developed for CCS

Added: 9 Oct 2014

A cost-effective and energy-efficient approach to carbon capture has been developed by researchers …

Lab-on-a-chip technology

Lab-on-a-chip device could combat cancer

Added: 8 Oct 2014

Early-detection system could dramatically advance lung cancer diagnosis, researchers claim.

Mesenchymal stem cells

Stem cell characteristics key to tissue repair

Added: 7 Oct 2014

Researchers have identified key characteristics that distinguish various types of immature stem cel…

Sir David Attenborough

Life sciences lab opens in Bristol

Added: 6 Oct 2014

Sir David Attenborough has today opened the University of Bristol’s new life sciences building.

Pills

Drug test to 'speed up' discovery

Added: 6 Oct 2014

University researchers devise novel method to improve the drug discovery process, a new study has f…

Purified protein repairing DNA

Protein pair shown 'mending' DNA

Added: 5 Oct 2014

Scientists have taken images of a protein repairing damaged DNA for the first time, according to ne…

Funding breakdown

£125m funding for UK bioscience

Added: 3 Oct 2014

Funding boost will help support the training and development of 1,250 PhD students within the UK li…

Chemists perfect biofuel production capability

Chemists boost biofuel production

Added: 2 Oct 2014

Chemical engineers in the US have modified yeast tolerance to enhance biofuel production capacity, …

Fingerprints

Nanoparticle attraction key to forensics

Added: 2 Oct 2014

Chemical attraction is fundamental in discovering previously undetectable fingerprint marks, new re…

Eye

Scientists develop 'cure' for blindness

Added: 1 Oct 2014

Stem cell discovery could lead to better treatments for blindness, new research suggests.

Cancerous cells

Gene test 'could prevent cancer'

Added: 1 Oct 2014

Offering younger people diagnosed with bowel cancer a new genetic test could be cost effective and …

Rapid drug-delivery screen

Engineers devise rapid drug screen

Added: 30 Sep 2014

MIT engineers have devised a novel technology for rapidly testing drug-delivery vehicles in zebrafi…