A private equity firm is to raise the largest specialist fund in the world dedicated to commercialising university R&D. The money will be invested in partnership with three of the UK’s leading research universities
The US patent office has released studies on international patenting and prior user defence, with other reports looking at the US patents scene to follow
25 countries have agreed to back a single European research plan in neurodegenerative diseases. This is a defining moment for coordinated research says the Commissioner
The European Commission proposes to unite national funding agencies in ‘pacts’ to complete the European Research Area (ERA) by 2014 deadline - without further legislation
The $1,000 genome has arrived, providing the spur for personalised healthcare to move from theory to practice. Some existing examples of best practice and roadmaps for the future are pointing the way
A new study finds that investment in computer, communications and diagnostics technologies could drastically cut the long-term care costs for breast cancer and cardiovascular disease, through better use of patient screening and adherence to treatment.
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