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...
The science behind the breakthrough
The new technique, called “early pronuclear transfer”, involves transplanting the nuclear DNA from a fertilised egg into a donated egg, which contains healthy mitochondria, on the day of fertilisation.
Extensive studies conducted in a collaboration...
Drug delivery market witnesses significant growth
Developing new ways of delivering drugs has become big business with companies now investing many millions of pounds in seeking the next big breakthrough.
Indeed, market analysts Mordor Intelligence estimates in a new report that the...
Bringing patients and providers together one tweet at a time
As an open forum for human interaction, social media have become the great equalizer of health information – providing a means for patients and health care providers to connect outside of the hospital or...
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...
Cell line technology
By Frances Griss
One of the most exciting and rapidly growing fields of bioscience is the development of new cell lines with specific and controllable characteristics, either for research or industrial scale production.
Companies all over...
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...
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,...
Ebola – the debate between clinical need and economic reality
The deadly outbreak of the ebola virus in West Africa in February 2014 initially went largely unnoticed by the global media even though it is one of the world’s most frightening illnesses.
Cases were detected...
UK Institute to harness disruptive technology to transform drug discovery
Business Secretary Greg Clark has announced funding for a series of ambitious technology projects that will transform the way medicines are discovered, enabling the pharmaceutical industry to develop groundbreaking drugs faster, cheaper and better...
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,...
In the picture
For many years, research into dementia has thrown up as many questions as it has answers. Now, a new project is seeking to change that and at its heart lies the rapidly-advancing science of...
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...
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...
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...
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...