In Depth 17 Oct 2022 UK grants that can give biotech startups a vital jump-start Grants are a vital lifeline that help biotech startups get off the ground, especially for underrepresented entrepreneurs. The Women in Synthetic Biology (WiSB) network recently gave detailed advice for helping… October 17, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 30 Jan 2018 Update: Pocket Device makes its Debut in Whole Human Genome Sequencing Update (30/01/2018): Oxford Nanopore has published a study in Nature Biotechnology outlining the first use of its pocket MinION device to sequence a human genome. The device was able to… January 30, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Jun 2023 Ovarian cancer study finds key genes for potential treatments New study is increasing knowledge of why some women with the most lethal form of ovarian cancer respond much better to treatment than others. Researchers at Imperial College London in… June 22, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 31 Oct 2018 Forget Daily Pills: HIV Could Be Treated With Monthly Injections A monthly antiviral injection may be as good as daily HIV drugs for suppressing infections, reports the British biotech ViiV Healthcare. This could make the treatment of HIV easier for… October 31, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 6 Sep 2017 Europe Gives the Antibiotic Resistance Fight a Major Cash Injection Six European countries, the UK’s Wellcome Trust and South Africa have committed €56.5M to the GARDP to work on breaking antibiotic resistance. The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP)… September 6, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Aug 2019 Engineered Skin Shows Potential to Treat Burns in Phase I Engineered skin tissue, developed as a regenerative medicine by the UK-US pharma company Mallinckrodt, has reduced the need for skin grafts in burns victims in a phase Ib trial. The… August 14, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 30 Jun 2021 Scotland’s Top 10 Biotech Companies to Watch Out For Scotland has a thriving life sciences ecosystem with strengths in oncology, genetic engineering, and industrial biotech. Let’s pick up the bagpipes as we tour the top 10 biotech companies in… June 30, 2021 - 11 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 8 Apr 2022 Epidarex Backs UK Startup Developing Emerging Anti-Inflammatory Drugs The UK-US venture capitalist Epidarex Capital has led an €11M (£9M) funding round raised by the Edinburgh-based Kynos Therapeutics, which aims to develop anti-inflammatory treatments by blocking an emerging metabolic… April 8, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 18 Jul 2022 Positive results for drug combination used to treat rare blood cancer Exploratory analysis of anti-cancer drug, navitoclax, combined with ruxolitinib – a medication for the treatment of intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis (MF) – has given positive results in a study. The… July 18, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 19 Sep 2017 Scottish Scientists Claim that the Genome Controls the Aging of the Brain Scientists in Scotland claim gene expression in the brain is so precisely controlled that they could predict your age just by looking at your genome. Researchers at the University of… September 19, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Jan 2018 Young Oxford Biotech Raises €22.5M to Develop a Universal Flu Vaccine Vaccitech has closed a Series A fundraising that will support clinical trials with its vaccine technology against influenza and prostate cancer. Spun out from Oxford University in 2016, Vaccitech has… January 16, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 31 Jan 2018 Your Pee Could Be Used to Build an Artificial Adrenal Gland Scientists have started generating artificial glands using cells derived from urine, which will allow the study of adrenal disorders that affect growth, development, and metabolism. Researchers at Queen Mary University… January 31, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email