The Northern biomedical sector celebrated at prestigious awards ceremony
The best of the North of England’s biomedical companies were honoured at the 2014 Biomedical Awards, hosted by Bionow at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, on Gateshead Quays on 24 April 2014.
Sixteen companies battled...
Initiative targets research into type 1 diabetes
Charity JDRF and UK Prime Minister David Cameron are supporting a push for ground-breaking type 1 diabetes stem-cell research partnerships between the UK and Israel.
Mr Cameron announced plans for BIRAX (the Britain Israel Research...
Study casts new light on arthritis
Researchers from Arthritis Research UK and the Centre for Genetics and Genomics at The University of Manchester have helped discover a further 42 genetic markers associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
The findings came in the...
Does loud music cause hearing loss?
The Medical Research Council in the UK, working with the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), have launched a mass participation study to see if listening to loud music is contributing to the increase...
Findings offer hope of a cure
American company Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. has announced the presentation of preclinical data from its ZFP Therapeutic programme for the treatment and potential cure of both sickle cell disease (SCD) and beta-thalassemia.
The data demonstrate that...
Flu relief on the way
American company Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. has announced the presentation of preclinical data from its ZFP Therapeutic programme for the treatment and potential cure of both sickle cell disease (SCD) and beta-thalassemia.
The data demonstrate that...