Intuitive software for multi-detector GPC/SEC

ParSEC Advanced software from TESTA Analytical is designed to acquire and analyze data from GPC /SEC systems fitted with any combination of refractive index, light scattering, UV, and viscosity detectors. Traditionally the complexity of data...

Joe Govier to leave Connect 2 Cleanrooms at end of 2022

After 20 years, Connect 2 Cleanrooms’ (C2C), Founder and CEO, Joe Govier, is leaving the company at the end of 2022. His legacy includes pioneering the modular cleanroom design concept, launching the first online...

Opening new pathways for bioprocessing

A pivotal link between industry and academia, Teesside University’s £22m National Horizons Centre (NHC) opened last September with two very clear objectives. One is to drive research into bioprocessing, an often-overlooked subject through which life...

LAUDA Technology Ltd.

LAUDA is advancing the connectivity of temperature control technology with the new Integral process thermostats. Thanks to the modular interface concept and intuitive operation via the integrated web server, they are more user-friendly and...

AI causing ‘medical bias’ in tools and devices

Ethnic minorities, women and those from disadvantaged communities are at heightened risk of poorer healthcare due to a bias built into medical tools and devices, according to a recent report. The Equity in Medical Devices:...

New centre for phages study

A pioneering centre to study bacteriophages and combat antibiotic resistant bacteria has launched at The University of Leicester.  The Centre for Phage Research is the first of its kind to exist in the UK and...

Combating falsified drugs – Ensuring patient safety throughout the global supply chain

Medicinal products are an appealing target for illicit trade, with an estimated annual cost of $200 billion and potentially millions of lives lost. The problem affects low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) disproportionately, and the...

Safe’n’Spray: Winner at CPhI Festival of Pharma

Nemera’s  concept device Safe'n'SprayTM was rewarded under the category 'Excellence in Pharma - Drug Delivery Devices'. This recognition was announced during the awards ceremony on 13 October 2020 on the digital platform of CPhI Festival of Pharma. Safe’n’Spray is...

Norwich Research Park start-up Ikarovec sets its sight on preventing blindness

Ikarovec is a pioneering gene therapy start-up, based at Norwich Research Park, that is committed to the development of cutting-edge treatments to address the unmet clinical needs of individuals with chronic eye diseases, such...

New Jurassic flying reptile has the oldest opposed thumb

A new 160-million-year-old arboreal pterosaur species, dubbed ‘Monkeydactyl’, has the oldest true opposed thumb - a novel structure previously not known in pterosaurs. An international team of researchers from China, Brazil, UK, Denmark and Japan...

Global alliance champions pharma R&D

Support for emerging technology, tackling common R&D challenges and empowering patients are all top of the agenda for a new life sciences partnership. The Pistoia Alliance, a global not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration...

Learning more about the human GPS

The human brain may have its own GPS system, according to new research funded by the Wellcome Trust. The study found that one part of the brain calculates the straight line to a destination but...

USA Based Angstrom Technology Acquire UK Market-Leader Connect 2 Cleanrooms

ASGARD Partners & Co., LLC ("ASGARD"), a New York-based private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Angstrom Technology ("Angstrom" or the "Company"), an industry leader in modular cleanroom design and production, has signed...

Mapping the future for London’s life sciences hub

The event will be chaired by Rt Hon Professor Lord Kakkar. Global trends in life sciences are in the spotlight at a top conference this autumn. Harley Street Medical Area Healthcare Conference, which takes place on...

Detecting viruses in a pinprick

A novel method of detecting viruses in very small volumes has been developed in a collaboration between scientists at Swansea University, Biovici Ltd and the National Physical Laboratory. Their work – published in Advanced NanoBiomed...

Investigational drug fosters nerve repair after injury

Scientists from the University of Birmingham have shown that a brain-penetrating candidate drug currently in development as a cancer therapy can foster regeneration of damaged nerves after spinal trauma The research, published in Clinical and...