Manchester’s ‘first step’ to perfect drug combinations

Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered a way of speeding up the creation of perfect drug combinations, which could help patients recovering from critical health problems such as stroke, heart attacks and cancer.

The researchers found a way of identifying ideal drug combinations from billions of others which would prevent inflammation from occurring.

The findings, published in Nature Chemical Biology, could be the first step in the development of new drug combinations to combat severe diseases and conditions. Read more

Bioprocessing Research Industry Club (BRIC) awards worth a total of £1.6 million

Funding for a multidisciplinary project by Dr Robin Curtis, Professor Jeremy Derrick, Dr Jim Warwicker and Professor Alan Dickson will be used to address the problems associated with the process of biopharmaceutical aggregation. A collaboration between the Faculty of Life Sciences and the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science – is entitled, ‘Understanding and predicting aggregation in biopharmaceuticals – an integrated approach towards improvement in bioprocess yields.’

The second BRIC project grant has been awarded to Professor Hans Westerhoff, Professor Roy Goodacre and Professor Alan Dicksonto investigate the predictability of biopharmaceutical protein production. Entitled, ’Predictable Protein Production,’ the research is a collaboration between the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, the School of Chemistry and the Faculty of Life Sciences.

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• The first rewire of genetic switches - Prof Jason Micklefield
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