Major steps being taken in battle against arthritis

Researchers from many disciplines are working together to ease the pain of rheumatoid arthritis patients and potentially save the NHS millions of pounds on ineffective drugs. Doctors can waste a long time prescribing different therapies...

Bionic technology that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible

The loss of a limb through illness or accident can be a truly devastating blow and, until recent years, prosthetics did not really offer much in the way of compensation for sufferers. False limbs...

Inhaler technology developing all the time

For many years, respiratory diseases have been treated with drugs delivered via inhalers. Sufferers from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are extremely familiar with the technique but research is now advanced on using...

Better understanding of immunology offers hope for the future

Recent years have seen dramatic strides being taken in the science of immunology – the capacity to direct the body’s natural defences against specific illnesses and conditions. So dramatic have the strides been that scientists’...

Cell therapy manufacturing industry takes big steps forward

Cell Therapy production across the world has made some significant advances in recent months, with investment in manufacture announced and exciting research suggesting new applications. The industry in the UK has taken a step forward...

Genome editing technology moves forward 

Editing the human genomeis a ground-breaking technique which is raising the hopes of millions of people afflicted by inherited disease. Research has already made significant advances in possible therapies for diseases as diverse as sickle-cell...

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...

Bolder Faster Stronger, how far can we 
go in the battle against illness?

Earlier this year, Austrian researchers came up with the startling suggestion that life should be regarded as beginning at sixty five.   Researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis examined predicted ageing rates up...

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...

The Age of Cell Therapy Industry that takes advantage of pioneering research

For a cutting-edge technology, cell therapy has a surprisingly long history. Indeed, the idea of injecting living cells into a patient originated in the nineteenth century. Although scientists’ early rudimentary attempts did not really work,...

With Great promise comes great responsibility

In the world of drug production, the search is relentless for treatments that can reduce the planet’s spiralling pharmaceutical bill by curing illness. However, although billions of pounds is ploughed into developing new drugs, attention...

Aiming high and encouraging young people into the world of science

Talk to anyone in the bioscience world and they will tell you that one of their major concerns is the dearth of young people coming out of schools, colleges and universities having studied science...

Out of this world

At first glance, one of the most stunning achievements in space exploration, an investigation into rickets in sailors who died 470 years ago and cutting-edge cancer research may appear to have little in common. However,...

Fantastic Voyage

In 1966, movie-goers were treated to the release of a film called Fantastic Voyage, a Cold War science fiction thriller about a scientist who is nearly killed in an assassination attempt. As he hovers between...

Remarkable breakthroughs that herald the age of bionics

He was one of the television hits of the 1970s, the Six Million Dollar Man with his super-enhanced vision and reconstructed bionic limbs that that allowed him to run at incredible speeds and jump...

Three-parent baby technology clears final hurdle

When science is at its best, it pushes the boundaries of what is possible and makes us think about the big questions. Even if the issues it raises are deeply uncomfortable. That has certainly been...