Dec 08, 2023 Self-amplifying RNA vaccines By Gareth Williams Nature reports on the first regulatory approval in Japan of a self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) vaccine. The ARCT-154 vaccine includes mRNA...
Dec 08, 2023 50 Technologies to shape the future By Gareth Williams An absolutely fascinating read, this report from Innovate UK sets out technologies which might be expected to disrupt, innovate, and...
Nov 30, 2023 The Scotsman Life Sciences Conference 2023 - a focus on sustainability By Jiwon Park I had the pleasure of attending The Scotsman Annual Life Sciences Conference this week with my colleague Mairi Rudkin. In line with the...
Nov 23, 2023 The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) awarded almost £42 million of government funding By Annabel Williams The NIHR has just recently been awarded almost £42 million of government funding to set up 14 new NIHR HealthTech Research Centres (HRCs)...
Nov 22, 2023 Engineered bacteria could recycle critical minerals from EV batteries By Ali Raja The minerals in EV batteries - primarily lithium, cobalt and nickel - are worth on average between 1,000 euros (£870) to 2,000 euros per...
Nov 09, 2023 A half-synthetic organism By Gareth Williams When I was working toward my PhD - way back in the 20th century - I made a lot of use of Yeast Artificial Chromosomes (YACs). These were...
Oct 26, 2023 Eastern Agri-Food Innovation Launchpad open for funding applications By Gareth Williams Food security and the environmental impact of agriculture are very hot topics at the moment, and companies and research institutes from...
Oct 06, 2023 It's the Circle of Life By Gareth Williams Could circular RNA be the Next Big Thing for RNA therapeutics? The molecules are much more persistent than linear RNA (such as the mRNA...
Oct 02, 2023 "Octo-patch"? "Cephalo-pill"? By Gareth Williams I'm always a sucker for a cephalopod-linked story, so naturally I clicked on this one. Researchers have taken inspiration from the arms...
Sep 26, 2023 Luminescent GMO plants approved for sale in the US By Gareth Williams Many fungi exhibit natural bioluminescence. The lab of Karen Sarkisyan at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences published a paper...
Sep 07, 2023 UK rejoins Horizon and Copernicus programmes By Graham Burnett-Hall In a boost to UK research that will be welcomed, not just by scientists based in the United Kingdom, but by research groups across...
Sep 05, 2023 MHRA issues guidance on new International Recognition Procedure (IRP) for streamlining medicine approvals in the UK By Nicholas Fischer The new framework was first floated back in January 2023, as a way for the MHRA to streamline the authorisation process by taking...