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Review speeds access to 'medical breakthroughs'
Added: 20 Nov 2014
Life sciences minister George Freeman will today discuss the success of the UK life sciences strate…
Pathogen outbreak controlled by genome sequencing
Added: 20 Nov 2014
A pathogen outbreak at a hospital in 2011 was controlled by real-time genome sequencing, a new repo…
Nanoscale 'reactor' produces new compound
Added: 19 Nov 2014
Dutch experts claim new compound could ’open the way’ to developing new nanoscale circuits.
Human waste fuel cells 'a step closer'
Added: 19 Nov 2014
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are a step closer to boosting the development of …
Tackle antimicrobial resistance "from all directions"
Added: 18 Nov 2014
Resistance to last-line antibiotics continues to cause concern in Europe, says the European Centre …
'Mexican wave' effect key to brain function
Added: 18 Nov 2014
Scientists have discovered the mechanisms that enable inhibitory neurons to “persuade” other brain …
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…
Graphene commercialisation deal signed
Added: 14 Nov 2014
The University of Manchester and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) yesterday signed a deal to …
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…
£50m for new technologies
Added: 6 Nov 2014
A £50 million fund to support new technologies in areas including synthetic biology and grapheme wa…
UK virology centre opens
Added: 3 Nov 2014
Business Secretary Vince Cable has opened the UK’s new National Virology Centre in Surrey.
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…
£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…
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…
Automated liquid handling exhibiting growth
Added: 29 Oct 2014
The requirement for non-contact liquid handling systems is boosting the automated sector, a Frost &…
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 …
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 improves drug monitoring
Added: 27 Oct 2014
A Canadian research team claims its nanoscale device can help minimise a cancer drug’s adverse side…
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…
£31m genomics centre announced
Added: 23 Oct 2014
The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation is investing $50 million (£31m) to establish a new genomics …
