Findings could be good news for wheat farmers
Scientists have announced a breakthrough in work to protect wheat against disease.
Disease cost farmers worldwide millions of pounds in lost and damaged crops but work carried out in the UK promises to improve testing...
Why is Diligent Due Diligence Important?
Alex Bone, Patent Attorney, Partner, AA Thornton.
Background
Biopharma merger and acquisition activity was lower in 2021 than in recent years, but the top 10 deals still reached a combined value of over $50 billion. The main...
Wireless system can power devices inside the body
New technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.
MIT researchers, working with scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, have developed a new way to power and communicate with devices...
STEM Sussex, helping you engage with the workforce of tomorrow
At the end of June, almost 10,000 students from across the South East will gather at the South of England Showground for one of the biggest and most important events of the academic year.
Now...
New algorithm uncovers cell factory secrets
Drug molecules and biofuels can be made to order by living cell factories, where biological enzymes do the job.
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a computer model that can predict how fast...
LAUDA to expand its portfolio with new LAUDA Versafreeze product line
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LAUDA, the world market leader...
Genetic regions associated with left-handedness identified
A new study has for the first time identified regions of the genome associated with left-handedness in the general population and linked their effects with brain architecture. The study, led by researchers at the...
SCOTTISH BIOTECH COMPANY SECURES FUNDING FOR NEW CORONAVIRUS RESEARCH
Company’s R&D programme expanded with additional focus on antiviral properties of cyanobacteria
Industry and academia collaboration funded by Medical Research Scotland
ScotBio, a fast growing Scottish biotech business, is expanding its R&D programme...
Breakthrough in fight againstskin disease
Scientists from the University of Surrey have made an important breakthrough in the fight againstthe flesh-eating tropical skin disease Buruli ulcer.
The team has discovered that the bacteria causes a blood clot in patients’ skin,...
Top tips to safeguard your medtech in a competitive industry
Medical technology is one of the fastest growing, and most competitive, industries in the world.
With a thriving ecosystem of over 3,700 companies, 115,000 skilled workers, and a turnover of over £21 billon, the UK’s...
Cracking the code could be key to tackling infections
Researchers have made a major breakthrough in tackling infections caused by a major group of viruses including the common cold and polio.
The team has cracked a code hidden in the sequence of the ribonucleic...
Researchers identify way to protect wheat
A mechanism has been identified which could lead to healthier wheat crops worldwide.
A team at UK-based Rothamsted Research set out to find out why some plants develop resistance to Septoria leaf blotch, a highly...
Team unlocks secrets of infections
A team led by Oxford University has identified genes that make some children more susceptible to bacterial infections, by performing a large genome-wide association study in African children.
Bacteraemia, bacterial infection of the bloodstream, is...
Large-scale drug analysis reveals potential new COVID-19 antivirals
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University of Dundee have screened thousands of drug and chemical molecules and identified a range of potential antivirals that could be developed into new treatments for COVID-19...
New Cochrane Review evidence suggests nutritional labelling on menus may reduce our calorie intake
New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today shows that adding calorie labels to menus and next to food in restaurants, coffee shops and cafeterias, could reduce the calories that people consume, although the...
AI could improve diagnosis for over 100,000 prostate patients in UK
The use of AI to identify prostate cancer is currently being validated in the first retrospective study of its kind in the UK.
Real-world data from hospitals and scanner types is being scrutinised, to show...