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Amsterdam’s AMC makes keyhole surgery simpler

A researcher at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam has developed instruments that could assist surgeons to perform keyhole surgery. The centre is now looking for investors and partnership or licensing agreements for the technology.

Wait for the ricochet

The conclusion that there was nothing wrong with the specifics of the TeGenero trial in which six healthy volunteers ended up in intensive care has repercussions for the wider biotech industry.

Happy days are here again

The European biotechnology sector is back on track, according to Ernst & Young's 20th annual survey of biotechnology.

It washes, it dries...and it irons...

A University of Plymouth graduate has invented a machine that combines washing, drying and ironing functions with the touch of a button, and he is now looking for investment of up to £5 million to refine the product for the general household use.

The Alcatel-Lucent merger: What about the labs?

What happens to the company labs when there’s a merger? That’s the question many in the telecoms industry are now asking, following news of merger plans by US-based Lucent and France's Alcatel.