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  • Friday, 9 June, 2023
    Biotech
    UK cell therapy start-up agrees AstraZeneca partnership worth up to $2bn

    Quell Therapeutics is developing cell engineering that aims to treat autoimmune diseases

  • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
    Science
    UK data watchdog warns of bias risks from neurotechnology

    Information Commissioner’s Office calls for new regulation to avoid ethical breaches over handling of brain data

  • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
    Supply chains
    US cancer drug shortage forces doctors to ration life-saving treatments

    Healthcare groups call for reforms to pharma supply chains as up to half a million patients could be affected

  • Saturday, 3 June, 2023
    ObituaryHarald zur Hausen
    Harald zur Hausen, virologist, 1936-2023

    Nobel Prize winner who discovered the cause of cervical cancer in humans

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    Cannabis industry
    UK medical cannabis group woos patients to buy into the business

    Isle of Man’s GLO wants to sell 25 per cent to clients, letting them influence production

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    Health sector
    More than 400 Grail patients incorrectly told they may have cancer

    Error prompts life assurance customers to pause or review relationship with early detection biotech

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    David Strain
    Vaping as a cure for smoking has brought its own ills

    Marketing attractive nicotine products to children risks a whole generation’s health

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Genomics
    ‘Primate AI algorithm’ predicts genetic health risks

    Scientists apply deep learning to expanded DNA database to help identify disease-causing mutations in humans

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Mariana Mazzucato
    Preparing for the next pandemic will take a global commitment

    The leaked draft of the WHO Pandemic Accord contains worrying signs

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Helen Thomas
    Ailing UK life sciences sector will need further treatment

    Policy prescriptions are plentiful but momentum and money behind them is lacking

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
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    Best Of: Inside Johnson & Johnson’s bankruptcy two-step

    Is this legal manoeuvre setting a precedent for corporations to evade accountability in America?

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Coronavirus
    China investigated Covid lab leak claims, says top scientist

    Health official’s admission undermines Beijing’s dismissals that virus could have emerged from Wuhan facility

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
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    Pest control groups prepare for mosquito boom in rich countries as planet warms

    Rise in temperatures has led to the spread of disease-carriers to higher altitudes

  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Brussels and Pfizer agree deal to cut supply of Covid vaccines

    Revised contract addresses concerns over costly glut of unwanted shots as public health threat wanes

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Biotech
    UK to announce funding boost for life sciences

    Government seeks to win over pharma groups with new investments in genomics research and drug manufacturing

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Investors can play their part in the war on superbugs

    As McDonald’s is targeted, governments also need to tighten and enforce rules

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Medical science
    AI-based ‘digital bridge’ enables paraplegic patient to walk

    Neurotechnology restores natural gait with device that decodes brain’s signals for people with spinal injuries

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Special ReportFT Health Centre
    FT Health: Future of Antibiotics

    The FT examines the causes and effects of an increasing global resistance to antibiotics: from the pressures doctors are under to prescribe them, to what new treatments are currently in the pipeline, as well as what role can the consumer play in reducing antibiotic use in the food chain

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    Anjana Ahuja
    New surgical procedure makes us question what it means to be alive

    The organ recovery technique has provoked criticism from within the scientific community

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    LexAgeing Populations
    Longevity start-ups: hefty funding fails to find fount of youth Premium content

    Human life appears to have an upper limit that has yet to be extended

  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    The Big Read
    Quick blood tests to spot cancer: will they help or harm patients?

    Investors are pouring billions into companies claiming they can analyse DNA to find the disease early. But some scientists question if they really work

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Anjana Ahuja
    The loneliness epidemic threatens our health as well as our happiness

    Our craving for human company causes psychological stress, which induces physiological effects

  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    Mental health
    Happiness levels in UK fail to recover to pre-pandemic norm as prices surge

    Mental health has deteriorated since 2019 with young impacted most, data shows

  • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
    Dementia
    Japan pushes for strong pledges on tackling dementia from G7 allies

    Alzheimer’s advocates call for ambitious declaration to match the scope of commitments made 10 years ago

  • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
    Novavax Inc
    Cash-strapped Novavax urges governments to honour Covid jab deals

    US biotech group is among coronavirus vaccine makers struggling with reduced demand post-pandemic

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