Heriot-Watt’s Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS) is celebrating 10 years of critical research in sustainable energy. Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer established RCCS with an EPSRC Challenging Engineering Award and during the last decade, it has grown to become an interdisciplinary, innovative, and international leading research centre for the wider deployment of carbon solutions for global challenges. Over 50 staff and students work in RCCS, who have collectively attracted over £17 million...
Medical diagnostics firm Omega today said it had hit a key milestone in the development of a test for identifying advanced HIV disease. The Alva-based company said that results from feasibility testing for its VISITECT CD4 “show acceptable performance against design goals”. They have now progressed to the next phase of development of the product. Colin King, chief executive of Omega commented: “I am pleased to report we have...
Professor Sir Philip Cohen, one of the UK’s most respected scientists, has been awarded new research grants that will mean his work at the University of Dundee has been funded continuously for 50 years. Sir Philip is a biochemist who has made major contributions to our understanding of protein phosphorylation and its role in cell regulation and human disease. Phosphorylation processes are very important because...
Human eggs have been fully grown for the first time in a laboratory. The advance could safeguard the fertility of girls with cancer ahead of potentially harmful medical treatment, such as chemotherapy as immature eggs can be recovered from patients’ ovarian tissue could be matured in the lab and stored for later fertilisation. Conventionally, cancer patients can have a piece of ovary removed before treatment, but...
Two top researchers at Heriot-Watt have been named in a list representing the world’s most influential scientific minds. Professor Vicki Stone and Professor Cheng-Xiang Wang were both titled in the 2017 Highly Cited Researcher list, which celebrates human knowledge. Professor Stone was listed as one of the top 1 per cent most cited works in the field of pharmacology and toxicology while Professor Cheng-Xiang Wang made the list for...
A new precision medicine study for prostate cancer is set to be launched today by men’s health charity, Prostate Cancer UK. The study will be co-lead by researchers from the University of Glasgow and will aim to drive tailor made treatments for men based on the genetic make-up of their cancer. By developing this research and moving away from a “one size fits all” approach,...