AMSBIO, a provider of cutting-edge products and services for accelerating stem cell research, has sponsored two aspiring life scientists to attend and present posters at the recent ISSCR 2023 conference in Boston, USA. Whilst the original award was for one researcher, AMSBIO doubled the fund and awarded two grants based on the high quality of the entries.
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One Nucleus Partner, Agility Life Sciences, has announced a collaborative services agreement with Inaphaea BioLabs. Claire Thompson, CEO of Agility, commented: "This will enable our clients to take the next steps in their development programmes by testing their prototype formulations in the Inaphaea cell based studies. We believe this will be beneficial to both companies as well as to our clients, creating a more comprehensive scientific environment, and accelerating development timelines."
Progressive plans for the next phase of Manchester Science Park’s masterplan development have been approved by Manchester City Council. The scheme will see Bruntwood SciTech, a 50:50 joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal & General, deliver a £60m redevelopment of the Park’s existing Greenheys building, bringing forward 131,000 sq ft of highly specialist world-class lab space.
Astex Expands Drug Discovery Collaboration With MSD
If anyone UK-based missed out on a stand at Medica and would like a 12 sq m (3mx4m) shell stand on the UK (ABHI) pavilion in Hall 16, please get in touch with Berenice.Mann@clsdiagnostics.com.
Manchester, 9th August, 2023
Kadans Science Partner has submitted a detailed planning application for a state-of-the-art life science building at Upper Brook Street. Working collectively with a consortium of partners, this significant development forms a key part of the transformative vision to deliver an exemplary new neighbourhood for the city.
Complement Therapeutics GmbH (CTx), a preclinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics for complement-mediated diseases, today announced the appointment of Dr Parisa Zamiri as its Chief Medical Officer, effective immediately. Dr. Zamiri brings with her extensive experience in biopharmaceutical and small molecule drug discovery and development, drug and device safety, pharmacovigilance, and biomarker development across various therapeutic areas.
Astex Expands Drug Discovery Collaboration With MSD
Cambridge, UK, 8 August 2023, Astex Pharmaceuticals (UK) (“Astex”), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics for oncology and diseases of the central nervous system, today announced an exclusive worldwide research collaboration and license agreement with MSD (Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA). The goal of the collaboration is to identify small molecule candidates with activity towards a tumour suppressor protein for the treatment of cancer.
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Patients could benefit from bespoke cancer-fighting treatments with fewer side effects thanks to a new partnership between a biotech company and a UK university.
The University of Leicester has joined forces with Cambridge-based Isogenica to develop new immunotherapies – a process where the patient’s immune system is helped to fight cancer – which will be tested on a ‘virtual patient’.