When the worlds of sport and medicine colaborate
There was a time when sports science was viewed by many as a track-suited football trainer running onto the pitch clutching a magic sponge. It was all rather rudimentary, all groin strains and hamstrings.
However,...
Your Bioinformatics Career Begins with an MSc from the University of Birmingham
If you are interested in a career in one of the world's most in-demand fields, an MSc in Bioinformatics might be right for you.
The Bioinformatics industry is a fast-growing field which combines the latest...
The rise of biotechnology: How biotechnology is contributing to regional development
SMITH, D.J., ROSSITER, W. and MCDONALD-JUNOR, D., Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
How a city creates new development paths when faced with declining industries, is one of the most pressing questions of our time. We’ll...
Heart Disease: A primary cause of death
Dr Catrin Rutland BSc PGCHE MSc MMedSci PhD SFHEA FAS
Heart disease is one of the primary causes of death throughout the world in both humans and animals. Research at The School of Veterinary Medicine...
2022: The year for UK Life Sciences?
Charles Walford, Senior Development Director and Head of Life Sciences, Stanhope PLC, considers the opportunities and challenges facing the UK’s life sciences ecosystem.
The past two years have propelled life sciences into the mainstream. The...
Nanochannels light the way to new medicine
The development of new drugs and vaccines requires detailed knowledge about nature’s smallest biological building blocks – biomolecules. Swedish researchers have devised a new microscopy technique that allows proteins, DNA and other tiny biological...
Can a selenium deficiency increase your risk of heart failure?
wedish scientists have found a substantially increased heart failure rate among people with low blood levels of the essential micronutrient selenium.
Now, you have yet another reason to make sure to get plenty of selenium...
Driving innovation
As one of the leading technology transfer companies, UCLB’s mission is to benefit both the economy and society as a whole by commercialising the discoveries and developments that come out of UCL. The ‘B’...
Not gone, not forgotten..
The penny finally drops as politicians pledge support for dementia research
Ironically, given that it is one of the planet’s biggest illnesses, dementia also appeared to creep up on world leaders more focused on other...
THE NETPARK NETWORK THAT LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
The North-East Technology Park - or NETPark as it is known - in County Durham provides science, technology and engineering companies with the type of world-class laboratory, clean room and office space they require on the...
A soft spot for stem cells helps cornea healing
New research led by scientists at Newcastle University, UK reveals a potential revolutionary way to treat eye injuries and prevent blindness - by softening the tissue hosting the stem cells which then helps repair...
Biosimilars: should they have a ‘similar’ system to the originator?
The safety of any medicine such as biosimilar is as dependent as much on the system that supports it as the biological properties of the medicine itself. Part of this system rests as proprietary...
UCL supports worldwide dissemination of free-to-access manufacturing instructions for COVID-19 breathing aids
Governments across the world, healthcare providers and device manufacturers can now request a free of charge licence to the design and manufacturing files of a breathing aid developed by UCL, UCLH and Mercedes-AMG High...
With Great promise comes great responsibility
In the world of drug production, the search is relentless for treatments that can reduce the planet’s spiralling pharmaceutical bill by curing illness.
However, although billions of pounds is ploughed into developing new drugs, attention...
Fighting the battle against malaria
Despite major breakthroughs in medicine over the years, some diseases remain mass killers and few cast a longer shadow than malaria, particularly in Africa where it has claimed millions of lives.
Key to tackling the...
Europe is “failing” to deal with chronic digestive disease burden
Europe is currently failing to manage the increasing burden inflicted by chronic digestive diseases, according to leading digestive health experts.
A report, published today during the launch of MEP Digestive Health Group, reveals alarming issues,...