NEWS
£50m funding available for West Midlands life sciences
Life sciences firms in the West Midlands can apply for a share of £50m in funding from the Local Innovation Partnerships Fund to help...
Lecture explores how nature could inspire smarter membranes
Professor Alan Goddard, professor of biotechnology and head of biosciences at Aston University, will give a public lecture about his research into bioinspired membranes...
Biotechnology
AI Can’t Create What It Doesn’t Know: Why Inputs Matter
AI can analyse evidence faster than ever, but primary research with customers still creates the evidence pharmaceutical companies require for strategic decision making, says...
The biggest barrier to AI in life sciences isn’t the AI
Only 12% of agentic AI initiatives reached production over the past year. The challenge isn’t the technology, but ensuring AI can operate within highly...
Drug Discovery
Are animal models limiting progress in product development?
Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century (TT21C) is helping to reshape biological testing by focusing on the mechanisms that drive toxicity and disease.
Matt Stevenson,...
Turbocharging ‘good’ viruses to destroy bacteria
Scientists at the University of Leicester have developed a new technique that will turbocharge the use of phages for medicinal purposes.
The pioneering technique uses...
