Leukaemia diagnosis and treatment on brink of huge change
UK scientists hope they can learn to better predict leukaemia (blood cancer) occurrence, and develop improved drug screening pathways to treat the disease, with funding worth £12million.
Two projects – led by the University of...
AI disease testing platform developed for military use
Drive to improve the UK’s capability to manage and treat personnel affected by virulent infectious agents.
A portable prototype of an AI-powered disease testing platform for the military is being funded by the Defence and...
Unravelling the Maths Behind Wiggly Worm Knots
Wriggly worms could help create a world of ‘shapeshifting’ robotics. Catherine Barzler, of Georgia Tech, investigates.
For millennia, humans have used knots for all kinds of reasons — to tie rope, braid hair, or weave...
New materials could lead to implantable treatments for epilepsy
A prospective cure for one type of epilepsy could be one step closer, using flexible brain implants.
Bioengineering researchers from the University of Glasgow have investigated new...
1 in 6 children ‘neurodivergent’ as autism numbers quadruple
The number of children diagnosed with Attention-deficit /hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders classifying them as ‘neurodivergent’, has rocketed in both the UK and US.
“Now, one in six children in the US...
Antibiotic resistance widespread among bacteria
Genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics are much more widespread in our environment than previously known.
A study, from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, shows that bacteria in...
Herpes study sheds light on viral reinfections
A new study on herpes infections of the eye helps shed light on the question of viral reinfections by identifying a key protein involved in viral reinfections that could be targeted by antiviral drugs.
University...
NETPark – A Jewel in the region’s business crown
NETPark is a globally significant science park where innovation is the order of every day. It is where thinkers go to think, inventors go to invent, and doers go to do.
In the almost 20...
Revealed: the first wiring map of neurons in insect brain
Researchers have built the first ever map showing every single neuron and their wiring in the brain of the fruit fly larva.
This huge step forwards in science will ultimately help us understand the basic...
Causality in Neuroscience
‘Abbexa is a dedicated manufacturer and worldwide supplier of biological tools such as ELISA kits, antibodies, proteins, enzymes and other reagents and products designed for use in research’.
Causality is often the end goal of...
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...
Superpower or Clark Kent: what is the future for UK life sciences?
Ivor Campbell of Snedden Campbell explores the scale, activities and pulling power of UK companies compared with those of similar size and scale elsewhere, including in the US and Asia Pacific region.
Because our prime...
Is Basel set to become Europe’s Silicon Valley of biotech?
Silicon Valley is synonymous with technology and innovation, and home to dozens of Fortune 1000 companies and thousands of startups. On the other side of the Northern Hemisphere, Basel in Switzerland is drawing parallels,...
An old scientific controversy is resolved… plants do make sounds!
For the first time ever, researchers at Tel Aviv University have recorded and analysed distinct sounds from plants.
The click-like sounds, similar to the popping of popcorn, are emitted at a volume similar to human...
How the brain’s ‘internal compass’ works
New study reveals how the brain makes sense of changing environmental cues.
Scientists have gained new insights into the part of the brain that gives us a sense of direction, by tracking neural activity with...
New ‘gene therapy factory’ opens
A new Clinical Biotechnology Centre (CBC) has opened in Bristol to expand the UK’s ability to develop and manufacture new gene and cell therapies.
The Centre will make products for the development of potentially curative...