UK-led study marks shift towards genetic era in tackling TB
In a landmark study that may herald a quicker, more tailored treatment for the millions of people around the world living with tuberculosis (TB), UK researchers have shown how our understanding of TB’s genetic...
New ‘trap’ to analyse, in real time, how cells communicate
Using multiple laser beams and Raman spectroscopy, experts at the Universities of Nottingham and Glasgow have designed and built a new instrument which could help scientists learn more about how infections take hold and...
Researchers discover how fatal biofilms form
By severely curtailing the effects of antibiotics, the formation of organized communities of bacterial cells known as biofilms can be deadly during surgeries and in urinary tract infections. Yale researchers have just come a...
Discovery helps fight against drug-resistant Tuberculosis
A team of scientists have identified a naturally occurring antibiotic that may help in the fight against drug-resistant Tuberculosis.
Each year, approximately 10 million people fall ill with Tuberculosis (TB) and around 1.7 million die...
Using apprenticeships to build skills for innovation in life sciences
Dr. Gillian Burgess, Site Head of UK Research and Vice President at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Board Member of the Science Industry Partnership (SIP) of employers, sets out the business case for greater use of apprenticeships across...
Regulator protein key to malaria parasite’s lifecycle
Malaria remains a significant threat to human health with approximately 216 million cases annually and over 400,000 deaths worldwide. It is caused by the Plasmodium parasite, which has a complex lifecycle involving transmission to...
Discovery aids disease elimination efforts
David Horn: Professor of Parasite Molecular Biology, University of Dundee
Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified a new drug target in parasites that cause major neglected tropical diseases, a discovery that contributes towards a...
Could your accountant have made a mistake with your Research and Development Tax Relief...
How would you know? What can you do about it? You could start by speaking with a specialist and even better someone who’s worked in a Top 5 CRO preparing claims for 6 years!
Now...
Crowdfunding: 21st century capital for startups and SMEs
Although Britain has long been recognised as a country of pioneering scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs, it has historically been poor at making sufficient capital available for this creativity to blossom fully to the UK’s...
Having access to finance is an essential ingredient to grow and prosper
Graeme Fisher: Managing Director for Communications and Policy at British Business Bank
Smaller businesses are a fundamental part of the UK economy, driving growth and employment creation. Those businesses categorised as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
Supercharged natural killer cells may hold promise for cancer
A type of ‘supercharged’ immune cell could be mass-produced to help fight cancer.
The researchers behind the early-stage finding, from Imperial College London, say the development could mark the next generation of cutting-edge immunotherapy treatments,...
How chromosomes find a happy medium
By Sabrina Richards
Staff writer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Hutch scientists show how chromosomes communicate to balance crossovers during sex-cell formation
Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have worked out the molecular underpinnings of...
Stanford shows that breast cancers punch tunnels into neighbouring tissue
Stanford researchers have found that malignant breast cancer cells can extend protrusions known as invadopodia to dig escape tunnels through surrounding tissue, revealing a possible new target for therapies.
Cancers pose the greatest danger when...
Combatting antibiotic resistance
In the UK alone, the government estimates there are currently 5,000 deaths each year because antibiotics no longer work for some infections. Worldwide, drug-resistant infections are set to kill more people than cancer and...
Over three million surgical operations and cancer treatments a year in England may become...
New data published by Public Health England (PHE) show that antibiotic resistant bloodstream infections continue to rise in England, with an estimated 35% increase from 2013 to 2017 (from 12,250 in 2013 to...
90 years on, the time-bomb of antibiotic resistance
By Professor Colin Garner
The events of 28 September 1928 could justifiably lay claim to being called the most significant breakthrough in medical history.
With typical ingenuity and a quantity of genius, Sir Alexander Fleming discovered...