Will Man ever run the 100m in less than nine seconds? *
It is never easy to run 100m in less than ten seconds, as the recent Commonwealth Games demonstrated. However, as the world record stands at 9.58 seconds, the attention in recent years has turned...
The animal impasse
Must anti aging drugs rely on animal testing?
The use of animals in scientific research, including in the development of cosmetics and medicine, has long been a matter of contention.
Researchers argue that the developments of...
Are genetics the key to arthritis treatment?
New international studies have revealed how genetics could explain why different environmental exposures can trigger the onset of different forms of rheumatoid arthritis.
As our joints succumb to wear and tear, chronic pain becomes more...
90 years since Sir Alexander Fleming’s penicillin discovery changed antibiotic treatment
“My name is Sarah Whitlow and my paternal grandfather was Sir Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin. I have worked as a practice nurse at the Swan Surgery in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, since 1990,...
No time to breathe easy as the battle against asthma intensifies
Asthma is one of those conditions that can strike the very young and stay with them as they head into old age, often developing over many years into the more serious illness Chronic Obstructive...
MenB – RIP
The UK Department of Health has announced that it will work to introduce the meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine into the childhood vaccination programme – But to what impact?
Officials made the announcement following independent advice...
Can compliance in pharmaceutical logistics by air be reached through industry collaboration?
Pharmaceuticals makeup 1.9% of all air cargo and generate revenues of $1.4 billion per year - 2.6% of total air cargo. In the next three years (2018-2020), growth in pharmaceuticals being transported by air is...
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...
Research offers hope to diabetes sufferers
The insulin-producing cells in the pancreas play a crucial role in the management of our blood sugar levels. If they don’t work properly, the body can no longer cope with glucose.
New imaging techniques developed...
Mighty Mitochondria
Damaged protein could be one of the keys to premature ageing
Scientists have found that the condition of key proteins in the mitochondria -the batteries of cells- could be used to predict, and eventually treat,...
Climate Change and the challenges facing mankind
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing mankind. Always has been, always will be, and that means that big changes lie ahead.
Many of those changes will impact on the work of scientists...
A golden generation
can the precious metal hold the key to killing cancerous cells?
In the second century A.D., during the Han dynasty, a Chinese author and alchemist known as Wei Boyang is believed to have written: “Gold...
Patient capital is the key to unlocking growth in the life sciences sector
By Keith Morgan, CEO, British Business Bank
The British Business Bank, as the UK’s national economic development bank, has a mission to make finance markets for smaller businesses operate more effectively, enabling those businesses to...
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...
Taking a global view
Work being done by Romanian and Ukranian scientists in the Danube Delta is helping to drive a research programme that could have global ramifications.
Findings by the Danube Delta Research Institute show that algae bloom...
The Aisa opportunity
Few international markets offer such huge opportunities for UK companies as the rapidly expanding health sector in China.
Now, the British Government is stepping up its drive to promote stronger links between the healthcare sectors...