INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHES ONE STEP MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORMS
Cubi-Tech Extrusion Limited, a Cubic Pharmaceuticals Ltd company, puts an end to some of the problems inherent in pharmaceuticals production.
Process efficiency and continuous manufacturing are certainly hot topics in the pharmaceutical industry right now,...
Attacking cancer cells from the inside out
The power of proteins is being harnessed to stop cancer cells in their tracks.
“Proteins are the workhorses of the cell,” said Walid A. Houry, professor of biochemistry at the University of Toronto (U of...
The Great British Biosimilar Journey
Attitudes towards biosimilar drugs have rapidly changed in the last 24 months, but there is still work to do. Divya Chadha Manek from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) – the research arm...
Covid-19 transmission chains in the UK traced through time and space with remarkable accuracy...
A team of scientists, led by researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, has analysed the first wave of the Covid-19 outbreak in the UK and produced the most fine-scaled and comprehensive genomic...
Build-up of brain proteins affects genes in Alzheimer’s disease
New research has shed fresh light on how the build-up of two proteins in the brain might affect the activity of genes involved in Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers at the University of Exeter worked in collaboration...
Technology offers insights into cancer
Mass spectrometry is helping medical research in many other ways as well, including exciting work being done in the United States.
Scientists at the Shimadzu Institute for Research Technologies and the Department of Chemistry and...
Neurons are caught rapidly switching gears
A new study suggests that neurons are not programmed for a single task but are actually highly dynamic and agile.
Even during such routine tasks as a daily stroll, our brain sometimes needs to shift...
Replace FBS with Human Platelet Lysate
The manufacture of clinical-grade cellular products often requires ex vivo culture and expansion of human cells.
Fetal bovine serum (FBS) is frequently used as a supplement to basal cell culture media during expansion; however, its...
UK offers accelerated patent protection for eco-friendly innovations
Using the Green Channel to accelerate a UK patent application.
AdamsonJones was able to obtain patent protection for client, LLEO Ltd, in just 15 months from the moment the Green Channel was used. This acceleration was crucial as...
Forging advances in the treatment of respiratory diseases
In this issue of BioScience Today, we speak to Professor Martin Gosling, about the inspiration behind his work, what motivates him daily, and the advances in the treatment of respiratory diseases that he is...
Hyperactive FOXA1 reprograms endocrine-resistant breast cancer to become metastatic
A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School has unveiled a novel mechanism that helps explain how endocrine-resistant breast cancer acquires metastatic behavior, opening the possibility of new...
Shanks v Unilever – An opening of the claim floodgates?
Varuni Paranavitane, IP Solicitor, AA Thornton
At the end of last year Professor Shanks was awarded £2 million for an invention relating to a glucose sensor made while employed working for Unilever. What does this mean...
The growth in the global biosimilars market
The growth in the global biosimilars market is continuing to accelerate ata remarkable rate, drivenby an increasing interest in cheaper versions of major drug brands as health services try to reduce spiralling drug bills.
One...
New treatment option for ‘wake-up’ stroke patients
Detail revealed in MRI brain scans can help doctors accurately deduce when a stroke begins, according to new research, allowing treatment for many patients who currently cannot receive it.
The findings could help to better...
IBM releases novel AI-powered technology to accelerate medical research for COVID-19
IBM has today released a new set of cloud- and AI-powered technologies to help researchers, doctors and scientists accelerate COVID-19 drug discovery.
These novel resources, from across IBM and available beginning today (Friday 3 April)...
Bacteria can develop strong immunity for protection against viruses
A new study hopes to exploit newly characterised defence systems in bacteria to compare changes to the human genome.
University bioscientists have been working on the research to demonstrate the complex workings of bacterial innate...