Policy

The European Commission has announced the results of an €18 million call for proposals for new research projects in flu.

Redesigning PhD and masters programmes to attract the best researchers are at the centre of new proposals for maintaining the UK’s standing in scientific research.

Producing pluripotent stem cells from skin is valuable, but they can’t replace stem cells from embryos, say US scientists.

Nathalie Moll has been appointed Secretary General of the trade association EuropaBio, and will succeed Willy de Greef on 1 April.

Sanofi-aventis has signed a research partnership with AVIESAN, the French Life Sciences and Healthcare Alliance.

The old established centres are being challenged by the emergence of new poles of world science and innovation. But could this benefit Europe, the US and Japan?