RECENT NEWS

A landmark study presented at ESCMID Global 2025 has revealed that over 3 million children worldwide lost their lives in 2022 due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR)-related infections.

UK Research and Innovation’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has announced £9 million in funding for a variety of bioscience projects, with its prestigious 2024 Fellowships scheme supporting 19 future science leaders

Roche has announced an investment of US $50 billion into the United States of America in the next five years across its pharmaceutical and diagnostics divisions.

ARUP Laboratories now provides a blood test for phosphorylated tau 217 (pTau 217) to assist in identifying whether cognitive decline symptoms in patients ages 60 years and older are related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology.

Biostate AI, a leading innovator in artificial intelligence for RNA sequencing, has announced a strategic partnership with the Accelerated Cure Project (ACP), a nonprofit organisation dedicated to accelerating research and improving outcomes for people with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Leidos is committing $10 million to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence for detecting and managing diseases, in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh's Computational Pathology and AI Center of Excellence (CPACE).

A pioneering study presented at ESCMID Global 2025 has uncovered the potential of interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a powerful diagnostic biomarker for the early detection of sepsis in high-risk patient groups, including neonates, children and pregnant women. This study is the first to evaluate IL-6’s diagnostic performance in a real-world cohort across all three populations.

The preliminary results of a research collaboration between JelloX Biotech - a Taiwan-based startup at the forefront of cancer pathology – and the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) on breast cancer patients shows that 3D pathology technology leads to more precise treatment for breast cancer patients.

LDC-backed RDi, a leader in data driven, automated self-sampling kits for healthcare, is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of Inicio Health, a pioneering force in healthcare interoperability, automation and AI solutions.

A simple at-home saliva test may be more accurate at detecting prostate cancer than the current prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test, new National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)-funded research suggests.

Patients with advanced skin cancer in England are set to be fast-tracked into trials of a new cancer vaccine, following the expansion of a world-leading NHS programme.

Sphere Bio, a leading provider of picodroplet-based microfluidics for functional single-cell analysis and isolation, has announced a significant expansion of its Asia Pacific distributor network.

Antibiotic resistance tends to stabilise over time, according to a recent study, which also showed use of antibiotics was weakly associated with resistance, indicating additional factors may be at play.

Source BioScience has announced the acquisition of Cambridge Clinical Laboratories (CCL), a leading Cambridge-based provider of clinical, personalised healthcare testing services.

Clean Cells, part of the Clean Biologics group, a leading biopharmaceutical quality control services provider specialising in biologics GMP testing, has announced the strategic acquisition of Karyologic Inc, a specialised karyotyping services company based in Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Analytik Jena is expanding its liquid handling portfolio with a new 1536-tip tray for the CyBio Well vario. In combination with the appropriate pipetting head, this consumable enables parallel pipetting in 1,536 channels.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the successful redesignation of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Science and Research group as one of its Collaborating Centres for the Standardisation and Evaluation of Biologicals for the next four years.

Sphere Bio has launched the Cyto-Cellect Human IgG Kappa and Viability Assay Kit, the first multiplexed assay developed specifically for the company’s new Cyto-Mine Chroma platform.

Scientists have taken an important step toward the development of a potential new treatment for treating Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), which is associated with severe food poisoning.

Lab Innovations, the UK’s meeting place for laboratory professionals across the scientific spectrum, won the Award for Best Trade Show under 5000 square metres at the Exhibition News award ceremony on 31 March 2025.