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Through Innovate UK’s Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Programme (SMMIP), eight Grand Challenge projects will develop and demonstrate novel technologies for greener, more efficient medicines manufacturing. They will scale innovations to strengthen the UK’s medicines manufacturing sector and attract investment, supporting national goals to lead in life sciences and advanced manufacturing, outlined in the UK’s Modern […]

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is investing more than £20 million to power four ambitious research projects that will deepen our understanding of life’s most fundamental processes. These projects have been funded through BBSRC’s Strategic Longer and Larger (sLoLa) grants scheme. They represent a long-term commitment to curiosity-driven research that has the […]

The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Hartree Centre and the Faraday Institution are collaborating to explore how they can accelerate battery innovation in the UK. This unites the Faraday Institution’s excellence in battery research with the Hartree Centre’s strengths in high-performance computing and digital innovation. Under a joint statement of endeavour, they are exploring […]

Professor Davey Smith is known internationally for revolutionising the use of genetic data to understand causal relationships in population health through the development and application of Mendelian randomisation. His technique uses genetic variation to test the causal effects of modifiable risk factors on disease. This method has transformed the field of epidemiology and underpins modern […]

Innovative technology that can be integrated into existing computer hardware and blocks up to 70% of the most common cyber attacks will soon be in devices across the country. The work is supported by up to £21 million from Innovate UK and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The cutting-edge technology, Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC […]

The proposal will enable the development of advanced, specific and highly reproducible human in vitro models with the aim of making them widely available to researchers in academia and industry. The £15.9 million project has been funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome and Innovate UK. In vitro models In vitro models use isolated […]

Further information The successful projects Gravity cartography mission: mobile networked quantum sensors for resilient critical infrastructure and mapping at scale Lead: Delta. G Ltd Understanding the subterranean environment is critical to how we build, move, extract resources and maintain and protect critical infrastructure. The persistent gaps in spatial intelligence lead to costly delays, utility strikes, […]

Published in the journal Biomaterials, this represents an important step forward in being able to carry out medical research without the use of animals. This crucial research was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Novel bioengineering The study details the efficacy of chimeric […]

An international trial found that patients with early-stage breast cancer who underwent a mastectomy, removal of the breast, had similar 10-year survival rates whether or not they received radiotherapy. The trial was funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC). Guiding treatment discussions Experts say the findings should help guide treatment discussions, as many patients who […]