Biotechnology industry
Ignore the ‘superpower’ boasts – UK pharma looks superchallenged
NHS crisis, withdrawal of tax credits and exit from EU blamed for fall in UK share of R&D market
Nils Pratley
25, Jan, 2023 @5:16 PM
From super scooters to smarter meters: six firms to watch in 2023
Times are tough for businesses old and new, but the pace of change in many sectors this year will be relentless
Alex Lawson, Julia Kollewe, Kalyeena Makortoff , Gwyn Topham, Jasper Jolly and Alex Hern
31, Dec, 2022 @4:00 PM
Aptamer: the York biotech working on precision cancer treatments
UK firm links with up global drug firms to make synthetic antibodies capable of binding to targets such as tumour cells
Julia Kollewe
25, Dec, 2022 @12:00 PM
Small wonder: big DNA advances loom at university startup Oxford Nanopore
Company spun out of Oxford University makes DNA and RNA sequencing devices to identify viruses and variants
Julia Kollewe
31, Oct, 2022 @10:00 AM
Hi-tech softening enzymes offer hope of revival for Scottish wool industry
Research project hopes to help coarser fleece from hill-farmed flocks compete with imported merino and cashmere
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
25, Sep, 2022 @4:22 PM
Resurrecting the Tasmanian tiger may be a noble idea – but what about preserving existing species? | Adam Morton
While de-extinction research may benefit conservation efforts overall, we shouldn’t have to rely on it to give a wildlife a future
Adam Morton
21, Aug, 2022 @5:30 PM
The Guardian view on de-extinction: Jurassic Park may be becoming reality | Editorial
Editorial: We should be keeping endangered species alive rather than bringing animals back from extinction
Editorial
19, Aug, 2022 @5:25 PM
De-extinction: scientists are planning the multimillion-dollar resurrection of the Tasmanian tiger
University of Melbourne partners with US biotech company to plan genetic restoration of the thylacine
Adam Morton
16, Aug, 2022 @12:00 PM
Royal Mail boss is playing hardball, fast … perhaps too fast
Chairman’s threat to spin-off the profitable global parcels business from UK postal service is a significant escalation
Nils Pratley
20, Jul, 2022 @5:48 PM
Life will find a way: could scientists make Jurassic Park a reality?
Just a few years from now, herds of woolly ‘mammoths’ could be roaming the Siberian tundra. Are dodos and dinosaurs next for de-extinction?
Ian Sample
21, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM
Sir John Bell: ‘Most people who have had the Covid vaccine are completely safe’
The renowned immunologist remains as upbeat about jabs – and UK life science – as he was in the depths of the pandemic
Julia Kollewe
07, May, 2022 @3:00 PM
The hidden long-term risks of surgery: ‘It gives people’s brains a hard time’
Operations can have cognitive side-effects, particularly in the over-65s but also in the very young, where anaesthetic has been linked to ADHD. How can science minimise the danger?
David Cox
24, Apr, 2022 @9:00 AM
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