Biomedical research

The University of Dundee has received £1 million from the Wolfson Foundation to contribute to the costs of fitting-out the Tay Cities Regional Innovation Hub with laboratories and facilities required by high-growth biomedical companies seeking to develop new medicines and medical technologies. The Innovation Hub is central to Growing the Tay Cities Biomedical Cluster, a […]

Two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine induce lower levels of antibodies that are able to recognise and fight the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) than against other strains. These laboratory findings from the Francis Crick Institute and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) UCLH Biomedical Research Centre are published as a Research letter in […]

Antibiotic Research UK (ANTRUK), a charity tackling bacterial antibiotic resistance, has launched its 2021 Small Research Grants / Career Development Awards scheme. This is the charity’s largest grants programme to date. The charity will be awarding one grant of up to £50,000 and six grants of up to £25,000 each. Monies applied for can be […]

bit.bio is a synthetic biology company working on producing every human cell type at scale, with the aim of transforming the research and medicine landscape. Farah Patell-Socha, PhD, VP Research Products tells Lu Rahman about some of the company’s groundbreaking work in this field and the benefits it is creating for disease modelling and drug […]

LifeNet Health LifeSciences, provider and collaborators in human in vitro biology and drug discovery optimisation, is highlighting innovative human cell and tissue-based research solutions at this year’s ToxExpo. The showcase includes the new, all-human Tri-Culture model, thyrocytes for use in 3D models and genotyped human hepatocytes. It can be found at the Society of Toxicology […]