Five Oxford University COVID-19 projects received UK Research and Innovation funding
On Apr. 17, 2020, five projects from across Oxford University’s Medical Sciences Division were among twenty-one new studies…
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COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator awarded $20 million in initial grants to fund clinical trials
On Mar. 30, 2020, the partners in the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator announced grants of $20 million to three…
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UK launched whole genome sequence alliance to map spread of coronavirus
On Mar. 23, 2020, the UK Government announced funding of £20 million to support clinicians and scientists in…
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Research on brain structure highlighted cells linked to Alzheimer’s and autism
On Mar. 16, 2020, new insights into the architecture of the brain were revealed by scientists at the…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Genomics | Oncology | Therapeutics
The UK announced sequencing 100,000 whole genomes in the National Health Service
On Dec. 5, 2018, Genomics England announced the 100,000 Genomes Project, done in partnership with National Health Service…
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First patient diagnosed through the 100,000 Genomes Project in the United Kingdom
On Mar. 11, 2015, the National Health Service (NHS) announced that Patients in the NHS had begun receiving…
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The Tomato Genome was Published in Nature
On May 31, 2012, the tomato genome was published in Nature, culminating years of work by the Tomato…
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A diagnostic test allowed quick identification of Bovine Spongicorm Encephalopathy
On Jun. 25, 1999, an important step forward was announced in the fight against the mad cow disease….
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DNA used to resolve murders in the UK – World first
On Jan. 23, 1988, Colin Pitchfork was convicted of murdering two girls in 1983 and 1986 in Narborough,…
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The U.S., the Soviet Union and 70 other nations signed an agreement banning biological warfare
On Apr. 10, 1972, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was opened for signature, and took effect on March…
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Medical College of South Carolina researchers published article that linked brown lung disease (asbestosis) with cancer
In May 1935, Kenneth Lynch and William Atmar Smith from the Medical College of South Carolina published an…
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James Lind started his famous scurvy clinical trial
On May 20, 1747, James Lind of the British Royal Navy started his famous scurvy clinical trial. In…
