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- Malaria parasites fight back to resist effects of drugs, study shows
- New insights into the clever strategies that malaria parasites employ in order to survive and thrive may help to explain how they resist the effects of drugs.
- 2 June 2010
- ClinTec CEO and President shortlisted for Scottish Entrepreneur of the Year Award
- Dr Rabinder Buttar of ClinTec International, the Global Clinical Research Organisation, has been shortlisted by Ernst and Young for the 2010 prestigious entrepreneur of the year award.
- 2 June 2010
- Global drug development firm to create Edinburgh HQ
- TPP Global Development to create high value jobs in Edinburgh BioQuarter
- 28 May 2010
- Life Sciences Professors elected Fellows of the Royal Society
- Professors Ron Hay and Angus Lamond in the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society, the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
- 21 May 2010
- Cloud Computing - Healthcare's Silver Lining
- Cloud computing is the technology prescription that will help the NHS beat the budget constraints imposed as a consequence of the credit crunch.
- 17 May 2010
- Gene find offers hope of screening test for bone disease
- Scientists have discovered three genes linked to the development of Paget's disease, a painful bone condition that affects up to one million people in the UK.
- 17 May 2010
- Solid Form Solutions Awarded ISO Accreditation
- Solid Form Solutions, a leading solid form screening and development company, has been awarded an ISO 9001:2008, the internationally recognised standard for quality management systems.
- 16 May 2010
- Touch Bionics unveils the new i-LIMB Pulse
- Touch Bionics, developer of advanced upper-limb bionic technologies, today announced the launch of the i-LIMB Pulse, an all-new version of the revolutionary i-LIMB Hand, the world's first commercially available bionic hand.
- 16 May 2010
- ClinTec International awarded Women Business Enterprise (WBE) certified status
- ClinTec International, the Global Clinical Research Organisation, has been awarded Women Business Enterprise (WBE) certified status by WEConnect Europe - a not-for-profit organisation, led by corporate members, that is opening doors to new supply chains for businesses in which women executives hold at least 51 per cent share of ownership.
- 15 May 2010
- Bio-Images Research Ltd Develops the 'HS Capsule' for Site-Specific Drug Release
- The 'Hydrophilic Sandwich' (HS) capsule is a 'capsule within a capsule', with the formulation of interest in the inner capsule and a layer of gelling, erodible polymer located within the inter-capsule space.
- 15 May 2010
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