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£1.5 million grant awarded to tackle psychosis in India
University of Warwick researchers are to improve the lives of India's millions of psychosis sufferers.
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Drug discovery research is funded primarily by government and by philanthropic groups. Later development is funded mainly by pharmaceutical companies.
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Heart failure is associated with loss of important gut bacteria
In the gut of patients with heart failure, important groups of bacteria are found less frequently and the gut flora is not as diverse as in healthy individuals.
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Largest genome-wide study of lung cancer susceptibility conducted
A new study conducted by an international team of lung cancer researchers have identified new genetic variants for lung cancer risk.
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£8500 given to cancer research at the University of Warwick
Cancer research at the University of Warwick has received a boost thanks to the former Lord Mayor of Coventry Cllr Lindsley Harvard.
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Nemus Bioscience’s cannabis drug treats glaucoma in animal models
Nemus Bioscience announced that THC derived from NB1111 achieved significant tissue concentrations in multiple compartments of the eye...
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Ryboquin raises £1.8m for drug development in gene therapy
This latest funding round attracts two prominent new investors; Brian Kennedy and Sir Brian Souter.
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Universities collaborate on NIHR’s £1.5million antibiotic resistance study
University of Warwick expertise is contributing to a world-first £1.5million study aiming to tackle one of the biggest public health threats we face - antibiotic resistance.
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Unlocking the power of research data
The wealth of data produced by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) is now available to external users.
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BioGeneration Ventures secures €66m for European biotech fund
BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) announces an investment by the European Investment Fund (EIF) and other new investors in BGV III...
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Cancer Research UK sets out latest £20m grand challenges
Cancer Research UK has launched the second phase of its global Grand Challenge by announcing eight new questions – identified as some of the biggest barriers to making progress against cancer – and inviting the world’s top scientists to come together with new proposals to tackle them.
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Social prescribing digital software gets £300,000 boost
Tech for Good company, Elemental Software, has announced that it has raised £300,000 with the help of ClearlySo, Europe’s leading impact investment bank.
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Dynamic DNA helps ward off gene damage
MRC-funded researchers have identified properties in DNA’s protective structure that could transform the way scientists think about the human genome.
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Q&A: The role of disease focused foundations in bridging the drug discovery and development gap
Bio 2017 opens this week and Drug Target Review’s Niamh Marriott spoke with Richard Soll, Senior Vice President, Research Service Division, WuXi AppTec and Salvatore La Rosa, Vice President Research and Development, Children’s Tumor Foundation, to get their perspectives on one of the event’s most pressing trends. Both will be…
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The UJI opens door for assistant health lecturers to lead research groups
The UJI has modified the regulations governing research with the aim of making it possible for assistant health lecturers to lead research groups...
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Research database to help promote pharma/academic collaborations
The ABPI has developed a new tool to help build research relationships between the pharmaceutical industry and UK academics.
