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£230m for research technologies
Added: 23 Oct 2014
Chancellor George Osborne has announced new government investment for technologies to help revoluti…
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 water reuse economised
Added: 21 Oct 2014
Scientists use established technology to purify and reuse water taken from hydraulic fracturing (fr…
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…
'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…
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…
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…
