Breast implants could become safer thanks to cell-friendly surface

20-Mar-2015 - Scientists at The University of Manchester have created an enhanced surface for silicone breast implants which could reduce complications and make them less likely to be rejected by the body.Around one in five people who has a breast implant suffers from capsular contracture where scar tissue ...

Horizon Discovery Group plc Named Business of the Year

Horizon joins select group of companies to receive award for a second time

19-Mar-2015 - Horizon Discovery Group plc announced that it has been named Business of the Year at the Business Weekly Awards, for the second time in the Company’s history.The Business Weekly Awards, which are celebrating their 25th Anniversary, recognize the strongest companies in the East of England, from ...

New insight into antibiotic resistance strengthens call for increased focus on research

10-Mar-2015 - Scientists at the University of Birmingham have identified a new mechanism of antibiotic resistance in bacterial cells which could help us in understanding, and developing solutions to, the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.The research, published in PNAS, describes the way in which a ...

Olive oil: the key to curing cancer?

04-Mar-2015 - Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), long-known for its heart health benefits, has now been identified for its rapid destruction of cancer cells. While scientists have proven that the oleocanthal compound found in EVOO causes cell death in cancer cells, they have been unable to provide an explanation ...

Positive Results in Proof-of-Concept Study with Sustained Release Treatment for Uveitis

23-Feb-2015 - Midatech Pharma announced positive results from a proof-of-concept in vivo study with OpsiSporin, a sustained release treatment for uveitis. Uveitis is an inflammatory process affecting the iris, the ciliary body, the choroid layer or all or part of these structures of the eye. Whilst treatments ...

Gold nanotubes launch a three-pronged attack on cancer cells

16-Feb-2015 - Scientists have shown that gold nanotubes have many applications in fighting cancer: internal nanoprobes for high-resolution imaging; drug delivery vehicles; and agents for destroying cancer cells. The study, published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, details the first successful ...

Synthace set for rapid growth after funding boost

13-Feb-2015 - Synthace has closed a £2.2 million funding round with new investors SOSventures, Bioeconomy Capital and Rainbow Seed Fund joining Sofinnova Partners and other existing investors. Synthace develops and applies bioengineering tools and working practices, working with industry leaders to accelerate ...

'Virtual virus' unfolds the flu on a CPU

Researchers at the University of Oxford simulate the complete outer envelope of a flu particle for the first time

10-Feb-2015 - By combining experimental data from X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, cryoelectron microscopy and lipidomics (the study of cellular lipid networks), researchers at the University of Oxford have built a complete model of the outer envelope of an influenza A virion for the first time. The ...

Improving the drug withdrawal process could reduce number of deaths

09-Feb-2015 - The number of deaths associated with drugs that were subsequently withdrawn from the market could have been reduced had there been fewer delays in the withdrawal process, according to research published in the BMC Medicine. This situation could be improved by better reporting of these deaths and ...

Plasticell wins £1.6 million funding

09-Feb-2015 - Plasticell has announced that Innovate UK has made a further investment in a therapeutic programme utilising CombiCult®, the high throughput stem cell technology designed to solve bottlenecks in regenerative medicine development. Innovate UK will provide a grant of approximately £1.3 million to a ...