Science and Enterprise

Tag: U.K.

  • Trial Shows Tele-Rehab Results Similar to Standard Methods

    Knee replacement patients undergoing tele-rehabilitation, a postoperative rehabilitation program conducted from a remote setting like the patient’s home, experience similar results as patients who undergo traditional postoperative rehabilitation. Findings from this new study were published in the 19 January 2011 issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. The research, conducted as a clinical…

  • Greener Process Developed for Producing Industrial Chemical

    A U.S.-U.K. chemistry and engineering team has developed a more environmentally friendly process for producing benzyl benzoate, a common chemical found in food additives, insecticides, fragrances, and used in other industrial chemical processes. The research was partially funded by the Dow Chemical Company and the findings are published in this week’s issue of the journal…

  • Bird-Flu Stopping Transgenic Chickens Produced

    Genetically modified chickens with molecular structures designed to prevent the spread of bird flu have been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and Edinburgh University in the U.K. The study is published in this week’s issue of the journal Science (paid subscription required). The team of scientists successfully developed genetically modified or transgenic…

  • U.K. Partnership to Test Cancer Drug Combinations

    Cancer Research U.K., a London-based organization supporting cancer research, has signed an agreement with the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to take combinations of experimental cancer drugs into early phase clinical trials. The trials will be held at hospitals in the U.K. taking part in the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) Network. The agreement is expected…

  • U.K. University Hosts Environmental Tech Training Center

    The University of Leicester in the U.K. will soon launch a new €3.5 million ($4.54 million) research center to train environmental researchers in using current satellite technologies. The new European Centre of Excellence in Earth Observation Research Training or GIONET is set to begin on 18 January 2011. The center plans to train 14 researchers…

  • Spirogen, Genentech Partner on Anti-Cancer Therapies

    Spirogen Ltd. a London, U.K. biotechnology company, announced a multi-year research collaboration and license agreement with Genentech, a Roche Group company, to discover and develop antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) as potential anti-cancer agents. The collaboration will make use of Spirogen’s pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) drugs,  a group of natural antibiotics, and associated linking technology. Under the agreement,…

  • Univ. Developing Plastic That Tells When Food Goes Bad

    Chemists at University of Strathclyde in the U.K. are developing a new form of food packaging that tells consumers when the contents have started to spoil. The university received a £325,000 ($502,500) grant from the Scottish Enterprise Proof of Concept Programme to support the project. The problem of food spoilage is important to both consumers…

  • U.K. to Study Economic Value of Intellectual Property

    The U.K. government’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will conduct a research study over the next year to evaluate the role of intellectual property in the nation’s economy. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills Baroness Judith Wilcox announced the project saying, “The research program will improve our understanding of intellectual property and its economic…