News for October 2018

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Unlocking the global antibiotics challenge Unlocking the global antibiotics challenge

Health experts, academics and business leaders tackling the global threat of drug-resistant bacteria are gathering for the BioInfect Conference on November 8.

Scientists grow functioning human neural networks in 3D from stem cells Scientists grow functioning human neural networks in 3D from stem cells

Neural models could improve understanding of neurodegenerative and other diseases, and facilitate discovery of treatments

Overcoming bottlenecks in early drug discovery with the power of sound Overcoming bottlenecks in early drug discovery with the power of sound

Medicines Discovery Catapult and AstraZeneca collaborate to unlock the potential of Acoustic Mist Ionisation Mass Spectrometry

The Pistoia Alliance Calls for Greater Collaboration to Realise Benefits of Innovation and Announces Winners of the 2018 President’s Startup Challenge The Pistoia Alliance Calls for Greater Collaboration to Realise Benefits of Innovation and Announces Winners of the 2018 President’s Startup Challenge

Solutions in data management and breast cancer diagnosis are awarded for innovation while attendees discuss ways to help translate startup success to patient outcomes

The Current issue of “The view from here” is concerned with Nanotherapeutic strategies The Current issue of “The view from here” is concerned with Nanotherapeutic strategies

The topic of this month’s newsletter from Drug Discovery Today is “Nanotherapeutic stragegies”.

Life science at the heart of Europe’s largest science and technology property partnership

Bruntwood and Legal & General Capital (Legal & General) have established a landmark 50:50 partnership to create the UK’s largest property platform dedicated to driving science and technology growth in regional cities.

Professor Stephen West Awarded Cancer Research UK's Lifetime Achievement Prize Professor Stephen West Awarded Cancer Research UK's Lifetime Achievement Prize

Professor Stephen West of the Francis Crick Institute has been awarded the Cancer Research UK lifetime achievement award for his pioneering work in DNA repair, today (Wednesday).

Faulty immune system linked to UK's leading cause of blindness Faulty immune system linked to UK's leading cause of blindness

Research findings shared for National Eye Health Week (24 - 30 September) reveal a link between over-active immune systems, stimulated by poor diets and oxidative stress, and the development and progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - the UK's leading cause of blindness.