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- Bees help to beat MRSA bugs
- Bees could have a key role to play in urgently-needed new treatments to fight the virulent MRSA bug, according to research led at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
- 18 June 2010
- Diabetes UK honour Glasgow academic
- Naveed Sattar, Professor of Metabolic Medicine at Glasgow, has won a prestigious prize in recognition for his group's cutting edge research into diabetes.
- 18 June 2010
- Synaptech Consultants Ltd announces a return to measurement technology via a link with Wyatt Technology.
- Synaptech Consultants Ltd announces a return to measurement technology via a link with Wyatt Technology. From June 2010, Synaptech will be the Wyatt UK representative in Scotland.
- 18 June 2010
- Project Hydra in £2.3m initative to develop smart metering for the healthcare sector
- A consortium involving Perthshire-based Innova Partnerships will examine potential applications of smart metering for the healthcare sector
- 14 June 2010
- Survey Reveals Highlands and Islands Growth in Life Sciences
- The results of an online survey to be presented at an industry forum on June 9 reveal that the Life Sciences sector in the Highlands and Islands has had a remarkable year of growth.
- 8 June 2010
- US medical device firm selects Scotland for landmark clinical study
- A state-of-the-art robotic arm for orthopaedic surgery that has the potential to transform the way in which knee joint replacements are conducted in the UK and reduce cost, is to be employed in clinical studies at the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's Royal Infirmary and the University of Strathclyde.
- 4 June 2010
- Angel announces three contracts with Materia Medica
- Angel Biotechnology Holdings plc, (AIM: ABH) the biopharmaceutical contract manufacturer, is pleased to announce the signing of three contracts with Materia Medica Holding, a leading pharmaceutical company in Russia.
- 4 June 2010
- New microscope provides breakthrough for cancer treatment and drugs discovery research
- Unique to Scotland, a new microscope, using a less complex laser system than previously available for obtaining crucial highly detailed images of cells, tissues and drugs, has been designed and built by Dr Gail McConnell, Reader and RCUK Academic Fellow, and post-doctoral researcher Dr Wei Zhang, at the Centre for Biophotonics of the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (the Institute), University of Strathclyde.
- 3 June 2010
- Harnessing the power of stem cells to unlock the secrets of motor neurone disease
- The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association is funding its first ever stem cell research programme to help unlock the secrets of this fatal, neurological condition.
- 3 June 2010
- Global drug development firm to create Edinburgh HQ
- TPP Global Development to create high value jobs in Edinburgh BioQuarter
- 3 June 2010
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