Sir James Whyte Black, the Scottish scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for the invention of propranolol, has died at the age of 85 after a long illness.
23 March, 2010
Professor Shankar Balasubramanian has been named as the BBSRC Innovator of the Year 2010, winning £10,000 in recognition of his work on Solexa sequencing, a high-speed genome sequencing technology.
22 March, 2010
The acquisition will enhance SAGE Labs’ rodent husbandry capabilities, add new models to their product portfolio and add a strategic location for US animal distribution.
17 March, 2010
Cellzome announces second major strategic drug discovery alliance with GlaxoSmithKline in inflammatory disease.
10 March, 2010
Trophos, announcing the launch of MitoTarget Online on behalf of the MitoTarget consortium, hopes the site will support patients and carers and speed up finding a cure for ALS, which has attacked many people – including scientist Stephen Hawking.
09 March, 2010
Construction work is underway on The Exchange, a new enterprise hub at Colworth Science Park that is being developed by Unilever and Goodman.
03 March, 2010
The new facility, located in Runcorn, Cheshire, is a substantial investment for Thermo Fisher Scientific in the north of England and is a new designated Center of Excellence for its Anatomical Pathology business.
02 March, 2010
Shire announced today it will actively support Rare Disease Day across the world by generating media coverage in many countries to raise awareness and understanding of rare diseases.
01 March, 2010