The University of Leeds spin-out company LUNAC Therapeutics, a drug discovery company focused on the development of advanced life-saving anticoagulants, has been named as this year’s Start Up of the Year winner at the 19th Bionow Awards. The 19th Bionow Awards took place Read more…
The £21m, 91,000 sq ft redevelopment of Base at Manchester Science Park is now underway; marking another significant milestone in the evolution of the masterplan for the Park, as the city’s Oxford Road Corridor innovation district takes another step forward. Read more…
Industry groups mapping the UK’s technology landscape say the North-West of England is a hotspot for growing tech firms, which benefit from increasing investment and geographic proximity to academic and business support networks. North-West England is the “perfect breeding ground” Read more…
A collaboration between two Barcelona institutions and the Nanomedicine Lab at The University of Manchester – aimed at treating brain disorders such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s Disease – has secured £12m in funding, one of the largest investments to date in the European Read more…
The University of Sheffield Institute for Sustainable Food has identified a way to commercialise ‘priming chemicals’ that can be used as a crop protection technology to boost the immune system of plants. The chemicals increase the resistance of plants and Read more…
A pioneering gene therapy innovation centre at the University of Sheffield is set to advance scientific discoveries into promising treatment options for millions of patients with life-threatening diseases. A pioneering gene therapy innovation centre at the University of Sheffield is Read more…
A new brain research centre will carry out ground-breaking research to tackle some of medical science’s most devastating conditions. The Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre will bring together some of the world’s leading scientists in brain tumours, stroke and dementia, Read more…
University of Manchester scientists have discovered previously unseen blood biomarkers which could one day be used to test for Alzheimer’s disease, years before its symptoms appear. The ground-breaking study, published in ACS Nano, used cutting-edge nanotechnology uniquely developed and patented by Read more…
Anew teaching and research facility for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences has been formally handed over to the University by construction company BAM. The handover represents a significant milestone. Work on the project started four years ago and Read more…
Researchers at The University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have discovered a backup natural pacemaker, which is able to generate a pulse and control the heart rate. The British Heart Foundation funded study ‘completely changes our understanding’ Read more…