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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…
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-based epilepsy drug 'promising'
Added: 15 Oct 2014
Children with treatment-resistant epilepsy have been prescribed a cannabidiol drug in clinical tria…
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 treatment possible
Added: 14 Oct 2014
Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) have created a light-activated drug that could reduce …
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 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…
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…
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 device could combat cancer
Added: 8 Oct 2014
Early-detection system could dramatically advance lung cancer diagnosis, researchers claim.
Stem cell characteristics key to tissue repair
Added: 7 Oct 2014
Researchers have identified key characteristics that distinguish various types of immature stem cel…
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.
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…
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…
£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 boost biofuel production
Added: 2 Oct 2014
Chemical engineers in the US have modified yeast tolerance to enhance biofuel production capacity, …
Nanoparticle attraction key to forensics
Added: 2 Oct 2014
Chemical attraction is fundamental in discovering previously undetectable fingerprint marks, new re…
Scientists develop 'cure' for blindness
Added: 1 Oct 2014
Stem cell discovery could lead to better treatments for blindness, new research suggests.
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 …
Engineers devise rapid drug screen
Added: 30 Sep 2014
MIT engineers have devised a novel technology for rapidly testing drug-delivery vehicles in zebrafi…
