In Depth 30 May 2025 London: A closer look at the UK capital’s world-renowned biotech hub Take a closer look at London’s biotech hub – renowned for its thriving life sciences ecosystem and world-class infrastructure. May 30, 2025 - 8 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 22 Mar 2024 6 biotechnology universities in the UK leading the way for future talent Discover the pinnacle of biotechnology education in the UK with our article to the top universities offering cutting-edge programs. March 22, 2024 - 10 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 2 Jul 2018 New Blood Test Brings Cheaper Hepatitis B Diagnosis European and African researchers are developing a hepatitis B blood test that could help identify patients in Africa’s poorest regions who need immediate treatment. While treatments for hepatitis B are now available at a low cost, managing treatments effectively is still a challenge in Africa. This is because some patients who are infected with the […] July 2, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Feb 2018 Organ-on-a-Chip Technology Used to Spot New Hepatitis B Drug Targets Scientists in London are the first in the world to test how pathogens like the hepatitis B virus interact with artificial human organs. Researchers at Imperial College London have used artificial human organs, or organs-on-chips, to replicate the make-up and physiology of the cells in whole organs. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows how the […] February 19, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 18 Jan 2018 Meet the 10 Promising Synbio Startups in RebelBio’s London Cohort Irish accelerator RebelBio has launched its latest cohort of startups that will receive its support during a 3-month program at Imperial College London. RebelBio is a startup accelerator that helps entrepreneurs to build technology associated with the life sciences field. It offers seed funding, lab space, mentorship, and a community of successful and diverse founders […] January 18, 2018 - 4 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Jan 2018 These Biomaterials Could Help to Make Stem Cell Therapies a Reality British researchers have developed biomaterials that better recreate the conditions required for stem cells to grow into desired cell types. Researchers at Imperial College London have used 3D printing to create biological structures that can support tissue regeneration. The study, published in Scientific Reports, outlines how the group used cryogenics – freezing – to create a biomaterial that mimics the […] January 12, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Jul 2017 British Researchers “Calm Down” Macrophages to treat Inflammation Imperial College London and Ergon Pharmaceuticals have a new enzyme target to treat inflammatory disease by reducing the activity of macrophages. Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a method to reprogram macrophages and reduce their inflammatory activity. The approach, published in Nature Communications, proved to reduce by more than half inflammation in the joints […] July 12, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 6 Jun 2017 Imperial College Moves its Startup Incubator to a Bigger Facility in West London Last Friday, the Duke of York opened Imperial’s newest facilities in the White City campus, where the university is relocating its startup incubator. Imperial College’s startup incubator, previously located at Imperial’s South Kensington campus, just got a significant upgrade with brand new facilities that opened last week in Imperial College’s White City campus. The new space, aptly renamed the White City […] June 6, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 5 May 2017 Forget Chemical Synthesis, Yeast can Now Synthesize Complex Antibiotics A new study presents a novel synthetic biology approach for antibiotic synthesis in yeast that could tackle the huge challenge of antibiotic resistance. Scientists at Imperial College London have hacked their way into introducing complex biosynthesis pathways in the baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In particular, they focused on the production of non-ribosomal peptides (Nrp), a group of […] May 5, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Feb 2017 UK’s Joint Venture Bridging Academia and Industry is Ready for Kick Off Apollo Therapeutics is a UK-based joint venture bridging academia and industry to drive the translation of university research. Its first four drug discovery programmes will now be launched. Apollo Therapeutics was founded in early 2016 as a collaborative effort of the three global pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson Innovation, and the world-leading UK-universities, Imperial College London, UCL and the University of […] February 22, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Nov 2016 Finally a Cure for the Common Cold? And it’s Needle-free! Mucosis is starting Phase I trials for SynGEM, a needle-free vaccine against RSV, which causes 200k deaths per year and has a huge cost for both healthcare and the economy. Mucosis is a biotech from the Netherlands developing needle-free vaccines. The company has now initiated the first human trial for SynGEM, a nasal spray vaccine against […] November 28, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Nov 2016 USB key Diagnostic could help manage HIV Treatment Anywhere A new method of gene sequencing has brought us an HIV diagnostic on a “USB stick”, which determines the levels of the virus with one drop of blood and in under 30 minutes. Once perfected, the technology could be the tool for HIV management as glucose meters are for diabetes. While pharma and research work […] November 14, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email