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OSHA compliance and awareness in bioscience and laboratory environments
Bioscience and laboratory work depends on precision, but safe practice also depends on awareness. Researchers, technicians, production teams, and support staff may work near chemicals, biological materials, specialist equipment, or controlled processes. OSHA safety training gives laboratory and bioscience...
Well-characterised biospecimens assist development of cancer immunotherapies
Amsbio report how its biospecimens were used in a large-scale immuno-oncology study analysing Fibroblast Activation protein (FAP) expression across 23 tumour types, contributing to new insights into biomarker development for cancer immunotherapies.
Scientists at Roche Pharma Research used both immunohistochemistry...
Validated monospecific recombinant and monoclonal antibodies
Amsbio has expanded its diverse range of recombinant and monoclonal antibodies to include over 10,000 new validated monospecific products in 15,000 formulations to support research in cancer, immunology, neuroscience, and signal transduction.
Every antibody in the new catalogue has been...
Glasgow health tech firm secures £2m grant to transform medicine inhalation
Nebu~Flow® has been awarded a £2m Scottish Enterprise grant to accelerate development and patient access to its patented nebuliser technology in the UK and globally.
The technology is designed to improve how people receive inhaled medicines, paving the way for...
Funding will enable cutting-edge heart research
Researchers at UK universities are launching a major new research project which aims to create the world’s most detailed 3D images of the mechanical forces at work inside a living, beating heart.
The £4 million award from the Wellcome Trust...
Why high performance cultures break down under pressure in bioscience organisations
High performance in bioscience organisations rarely breaks down because people aren’t capable. It breaks down when scientific, regulatory and commercial pressure increases, but the systems supporting performance don’t evolve with it. What looks like a talent or execution issue...
Longitude Prize on ALS awards £2 million to 20 international teams
The Longitude Prize on ALS is awarding £2 million to 20 of the world’s most promising multidisciplinary teams of innovators using AI to find new drug targets for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) – the most common form of MND...
Biochemical Society Research Support Award winners announced
Two members of Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME), Helen Elwood and Paul Knobbs, have won the Biochemical Society 2027 Research Support Award.
The award is presented to an individual or team demonstrating an outstanding contribution and impact to a...
£439,000 Leverhulme Trust grant to research membrane protein folding
Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME) has won a £438,674 Research Project Grant from the Leverhulme Trust to carry out fundamental research into how membrane proteins fold correctly.
The proteins that make up the body are made at membranes in...
Pharma Has Enough Training. The Real Gap Is Field Readiness.
The most dangerous mistake is assuming that completion means readiness.
A representative may finish every module and pass every assessment yet still struggle with an HCP. As launches grow more complex and access becomes limited, pharma organisations must look beyond...
Top quality fresh blood products with next day delivery
Amsbio announce the availability of fresh whole blood products from diverse, healthy donors now with overnight delivery in the US, Europe and the UK in conjunction with sister company - Research Donors. All these premium human blood biospecimens undergo...
Extensive range of independently verified cell lines.
Amsbio has launched a new range of authenticated cell lines covering a wide range of tumours, tissues, and species.
With this addition of greater than 1000 independently verified human and animal cell lines, versatile primary and stem cells, the expanded...
Cambridge Wide Open Week 2026 preview
Cambridge Wide Open Week 2026 (CWOW) has unveiled details of its June 11–19 event as the life sciences festival expands across the UK’s innovation 'Golden Triangle' for the very first time.
Keynote speakers for the event include: former Minister for...
Reducing fluid control and automation complexity in pharma process development
Designing and building pharmaceutical processes or skids demands close coordination between mechanical, electrical and instrumentation, and automation engineering teams. Fragmented design and vendor selection can introduce challenges in integration and validation. Aligning these disciplines through compatible hardware, automation, and...
Investigating the causes of Rheumatoid Arthritis pain.
Amsbio reports how researchers from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden are using their Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) products in a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of Rheumatoid Arthritis pain.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pain is not explained well by inflammation alone....
New iPSC Differentiation kits for neuroscience research
Amsbio has expanded its range of iPSC Differentiation Kits that provide fast and flexible generation of specific cell types without sacrificing cell purity.
New to market - Quick-Glia™ product line consist of human induced pluripotent stem cell derived glial cells...
Fully defined 3D culture substrate for cancer research
Amsbio reports how researchers at the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University (Japan) have cultured patient-derived colorectal cancer cells in 3D using their MatriMix 511 extracellular matrix (ECM).
In this study** the researchers demonstrated that MatriMix supported robust cancer organoid...
Your Clinicians Are Already in 2026. Is Your Field Force There Too?
Authored by Marina Hickson, Managing Director, Vivanti
Healthcare in Europe is entering a phase where artificial intelligence is moving from pilot projects to everyday clinical infrastructure. Hospitals and healthcare systems are increasingly deploying AI across diagnostics, triage, clinical documentation and...
Chemical breakthrough sheds light on origins of life
Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) have discovered a tiny RNA molecule that could explain how life on Earth began.
The findings, published in the journal Science, reveal the team has identified a remarkably small RNA...
Can brain health be predicted with a smartwatch?
Connected devices can gather valuable data to help prevent neurological and mental disorders, new study claims.
Smartphones or smartwatches could help detect early signs of neurological or mental illness, say researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE).
The team monitored participants...
Making Pharmaceuticals, Distributing Pharmaceuticals and Making Nutraceuticals 2026
Taking place at the Coventry Building Society Arena on 21-22 April 2026 and free to attend, Making Pharmaceuticals, Distributing Pharmaceuticals and Making Nutraceuticals are co-located events providing professionals from across pharmaceutical and nutraceutical supply chains with a platform for...
Beyond regulation: four AI trends transforming life sciences tech
Doron Sitbon, CEO of Dot Compliance, outlines four developments set to change how life-sciences organisations design, deploy and govern intelligent systems this year.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming embedded into the fabric of quality, compliance and production systems and shaping...
Communication breakdown: soft skills are more important than ever in life sciences
By Ivan Wall, Professor of Regenerative Medicine at the University of Birmingham and co-director of Resilience, the UK’s Medicines Manufacturing Skills Centre of Excellence.
We all know or work with people who can be difficult to deal with and even...
£3 billion invested in Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) growth
The county council has partnered with developer Prologis to support the expansion.
The committee heard that 67 acres of council-owned land is being put forward to allow the next phase of growth, aligned with delivery of the UK’s Modern Industrial...
Hydrogel could be personalised bone implant of the future
Researchers at ETH Zurich aim to use a jelly-like material to produce implants for rock-hard bones.
Bones broken in an accident usually heal on their own. But if the break is too severe or a bone tumour needs to be removed, surgeons insert an implant that enables the bone...
Pet cats could hold key to understanding breast cancer
The first study of multiple cancer types in cats has identified genetic changes that could help treat the condition in humans and animals.
The first study of multiple cancer types in cats has identified genetic changes that could help...
Neural interface pioneers win 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
The 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering honours nine engineers whose pioneering work on modern neural interfaces has restored lost human function and had a lasting impact for people around the world.
The QEPrize has been awarded to Graeme Clark,...
Why humans are active during the day
Scientists have discovered why humans are not nocturnal, revealing that the answer lies in the genes.
Early mammalian ancestors were nocturnal, sleeping during the day while the dinosaurs dominated the land.
However, some mammalian lineages, including human ancestors, independently transitioned to...
Europa Biosite Introduces Rapid RNA Production Technologies
Europa Biosite has announced a new strategic distribution partnership with Quantoom Biosciences, a leading manufacturer of innovative mRNA technologies for global healthcare advancement supporting next generation vaccines and therapeutics. The agreement provides access to Quantoom’s pioneering research RNA production...
Europa Biosite Acquires Stratech Scientific, Expanding Their Product Offering and Strengthening UK Customer Reach
Europa Biosite, a leading pan-European life science distribution group, today announced the acquisition of Stratech Scientific Limited by its UK subsidiary, Cambridge Bioscience. Stratech Scientific is a well-respected and long-established UK life science distributor, known for its high-quality research...
