SRM (Strategic Resource Management) can help you harness the full power of...
In the contemporary business landscape, data has emerged as a key asset, serving as the lifeblood that drives decision-making and strategic planning.
The 2020s have ushered in an era where businesses are inundated with a...
Forget sweet dreams – sweet genes could explain why a bad night’s sleep makes...
Parents of newborns might feel like they have aged a few years in those early months of sleepless nights. Now, scientists at the University of Leicester are investigating whether the secret to both a...
The Open University – The higher education partner of choice for business
In April 1969, The Open University (OU) received its Royal Charter and the vision of a university that would open up education for all, was finally brought to life – largely due to the...
Bacteria research offers encouragement
Other fields of research are looking at an interesting and long-suggested proposition that the bacteria which inhabit human digestive systems, live on our skin and even in our mouths have an impact on the...
Patenting aerospace medicines – the final frontier?
Research and development (R&D) into aerospace medicine can be viewed as falling into one of two camps: that aimed at adapting an existing ‘terrestrial’ medicine for use in the aerospace environment; and that which...
Major study describes brain pathology of domestic violence
A major international brain autopsy study of women who had experienced intimate partner violence reveals substantial damage in the brain, but no evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the neurodegenerative disease recognised among contact...
What is the best time to file a patent application?
Katherine Wright, Pharmaceutical Patent Attorney at Adamson Jones
Determining the best time to file a patent application is one of the first and sometimes one of the most difficult questions that patent applicants face, and...
Highly targeted ‘light-activated’ cancer treatment on horizon
Scientists at the University of East Anglia are a step closer to creating a new generation of light-activated cancer treatments.
The futuristic sounding treatment would work by switching on LED lights embedded close to a...
How to protect your IP rights in Europe
Intellectual property rights are territorial rights, meaning that the protection afforded by a granted patent or a registered trademark is geographically limited.
Many companies that protect their inventions, brands or product designs in their home...
Dundee’s global life sciences contribution highlighted at BIO 2018
The University of Dundee’s contribution to the UK’s strength in the global life sciences sector is has been highlighted by its Drug Discovery Unit at one of the world’s major scientific gatherings, the 2018...
Tackling rheumatoid arthritis
Professor Ehrenstein’s specialism is rheumatoid arthritis and he said: “Because we are becoming much better at targeting our treatments, we are much better at suppressing symptoms. We do not have a cure for rheumatoid...
Students’ discovery could help treat Alzheimer’s
Four chemistry students from the University of St Andrews have helped to discover a class of molecules that can help accelerate DNA repair which could in turn help treat of diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
The...
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...
Developing long term relationships with the skilled workers of the future
Despite the great demand for skilled workers in the STEM industries, employers are struggling to find and retain the young people with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in the workplace.
A recent survey...
Out of this world
The UK Space Agency and NHS England are currently judging ideas for how technology originally designed for space could help solve major health and care challenges facing the NHS.
With up to £4 million available...
Collaboration key as consortium targets Autism breakthroughs
Everywhere you look in the world of drug discovery, the talk is of collaboration, of sharing knowledge for the wider good.
Collaboration is certainly key to the work done by an international consortium of scientists,...