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- Scotland's Best New Life Sciences Firm, Big DNA, expands
- In line with their expansion plans, vaccine development firm Big DNA, winner of Scottish Enterprise's Best New Life Sciences Firm, has announced five new appointments, which strengthen the team in Edinburgh.
- 14 May 2010
- University of Strathclyde Receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research
- The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow announced today that it has received a US$100,000 (£65,329 approx) Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- 14 May 2010
- Heart charity funds nursing post
- The British Heart Foundation has made a £300,000 award to Glasgow Caledonian University to fund a Lead Nurse post in connection with the Caring Together Programme over the next four years.
- 14 May 2010
- Study shows dental link with diabetes
- Treating serious gum disease in diabetics can help to lower their blood sugar levels, a study has shown.
- 14 May 2010
- Synthetic biology debate now available on video
- Scottish Enterprise hosted a debate with leading figures from the life sciences arena, as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival on Tuesday 13 April 2010. If you missed it, you can watch the video.
- 11 May 2010
- Ovarian cancer study offers vital clues for new therapies
- Scientists have taken a major step forward in the understanding of ovarian cancer, which could improve treatment for patients with the condition.
- 28 April 2010
- Touch Bionics wins prestigious Queen's Award for innovation
- Touch Bionics, developer of advanced upper-limb bionic technologies, is a winner of the prestigious Queen's Awards for Enterprise with an award in the Innovation category for 2010.
- 28 April 2010
- £110 million over five years secures Wellcome Trust's investment in Seeding Drug Discovery
- The Wellcome Trust has announced it will inject £110 million to extend its Seeding Drug Discovery initiativefor a further five years.
- 28 April 2010
- Glasgow researcher warns of diabetes health dangers
- UK South Asian children are already heading on a path towards type 2 diabetes at age 10, according to new research.
- 21 April 2010
- New gene therapeutic system could be used to eliminate cancer tumours
- Cancer tumours could be eliminated through the use of a new 'seek-and-destroy' gene therapeutic system, according to newly-published research led by scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
- 21 April 2010
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