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UC Riverside granted $5 million for stem cell research training
A $5 million grant will be used to train students in stem cell research to contribute towards new stem cell-based therapeutics.
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Drug discovery research is funded primarily by government and by philanthropic groups. Later development is funded mainly by pharmaceutical companies.
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New UK coronavirus research and innovation network launched
The UK International Coronavirus Network (UK-ICN) aims to enhance knowledge of the virus family to prepare responses for future outbreaks.
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NINDS awards Sinopia $3.3m for development of Parkinson’s drug candidate
Sinopia has been awarded a $3.3 million Fast-Track SBIR grant to fund the study for its small molecule candidate for Parkinson’s disease.
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Artificial intelligence may reveal how microbiome affects vaccine response
Researchers have been using artificial intelligence to study how the microbiome interacts with the human system to improve vaccine response.
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Novel insulin-producing implant to be created for type 1 diabetics
JDRF funds development of an insulin-producing implant to regulate blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes patients.
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Healthcare demands drive domestic UK biotech investment
Dmytro Spilka explains why UK biotech companies are receiving increasing levels of investment and why this trend is likely to continue.
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Lab of the Future to be 50 percent virtual by 2030, survey indicates
Findings from a survey have shown 72 percent of respondents in the life sciences industry think the Lab of the Future will embrace virtual working.
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UK Government funds facility to test vaccines against COVID-19 variants
The UK Government will invest £29.3 million to test the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against variants in 3,000 blood samples a week.
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UK Government to fund £37 million into genomics projects
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced £37 million of funding for genomics and data projects to support the life sciences sector.
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UK Government launches Pandemic Preparedness Partnership group
The UK has launched the Pandemic Preparedness Partnership which will advise the G7 Presidency how to reduce vaccine development time from 300 to 100 days.
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UK Government to fund four studies investigating long COVID
The UK Government will give £18.5 million in funding to four studies researching the causes and potential treatments of long COVID.
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UK industry leaders call for reform to outdated R&D tax rules
A report has been backed by eight industry leaders who say that updating R&D tax credit systems in the UK would release £4 billon of growth every year.
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A novel blood-brain barrier model for cerebral malaria research
In this article Maria Bernabeu, Group Leader at EMBL, Barcelona, discusses why it is important to research and develop novel therapeutics for cerebral malaria and how her research group intends to develop a 3D blood-brain barrier model for this purpose.
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£4 million in funding announced to collect data on COVID-19 antibodies
UKRI will provide £4 million in funding to establish a data infrastructure for scientists in the UK to study antibodies from COVID-19 patient samples.
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NIH to support 85 highly innovative research projects
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award a total of $251 million over five years to 85 high-risk, high-reward biomedical or behavioural research projects.