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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
News and Trends 12 Nov 2016
The sound of this Spider Silk Violin surprises Expert Musicians
Last week, Imperial College London hosted the International Student Innovation Awards. The winner astonished everyone with a violin made with spider silk. Luca Alessandrini was awarded the £10,000 prize for the design of a biomaterial-based violin that can be engineered to customize the final sound. With the new funds and a patent filed, the designer is now looking for co-founders to […]
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