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Adam Schwarz

@AdamJSchwarz

4 months

An important moment in our democracy with our next Prime Minister shaking hands with his arch political opponent, Elmo.

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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

@SciTechgovuk

8 months

The UK’s life sciences sector is getting a £520m boost for manufacturing 🧬 This will increase preparedness for future health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic and further strengthen research and development across the UK 🔬 Read more 🔽

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Natasha Loder

@natashaloder

1 year

Exclusive: Buried in the online autumn statement is a bit of news with potentially huge implications for biopharma. The UK is going to try to create a pathway for individually customised medicines! @mhra @stopbatten @GenomicsEngland @OHRareDisease

The world’s first pathway for individually designed drugs

Britain commits to finding a regulatory route for customised genetic medicines

www.economist.com

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Martin Smith

@martinrsmith

1 year

The Government's response to Paul Nurse's review of the R&D landscape in the UK has just been published. A few things that caught my eye on a first read through 🧵

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Mila's Miracle

@stopbatten

1 year

Today is a very exciting day. The UK government announced in the Autumn Statement by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, their support for the individualized medicines pilot MMF initiated over a year ago with support from Daniel O'Connor @parkermoss @Rich_Genomics @nicolablackwood @timyu

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Oxford University Innovation

@OxUInnovation

1 year

. @NicolaBlackwood and Chas Bountra from OUI's Board share their thoughts on the latest Independent Review of University Spin-outs👇 #innovation #lifesciences #investment #spinout #techtransfer #USIT @hmtreasury @SciTechgovuk @UniofOxford @griffitha

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Nicola Blackwood

@nicolablackwood

1 year

3.5m people in the UK live with a rare disease. 75% are children. But under 10% of rare diseases have an approved treatment. We must fix this. As Chair of @GenomicsEngland I am delighted @Jeremy_Hunt announced the Rare Therapies Launch Pad today. Info here👇👇

Genomics England

@GenomicsEngland

1 year

We are delighted to announce the launch of the Rare Therapies Launch Pad, a new programme that aims to develop a pathway for children with rare conditions to access therapies made specifically for them. Read more here:

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Charles Swanton

@CharlesSwanton

1 year

Incredible story 👋⬇️ ⁦ @TheCrick ⁩ ⁦ @maxgabgut ⁩ lab uncover role of ‘molecular plasters’ that protect against infection | Crick

Researchers uncover role of ‘molecular plasters’ that protect against infection

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that cellular structures called stress granules perform an essential protective function in support of the immune response against infections...

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Nicola Blackwood

@nicolablackwood

1 year

It was great to join you @SFatumo and such a brilliant Plenary Table @Falling_Walls Science this evening. With so much pressure on health systems - gathering evidence for & demonstrating effective implementation for precision prevention has never been more important!

Segun Fatumo

@SFatumo

1 year

Such an excellent opportunity to speak about how genomics can power precision prevention across global populations @Falling_Walls Science Summit in Berlin today. It was indeed a privilege to brainstorm in a panel with @EleZeggini @nicolablackwood @markmccarthyoxf @NancyGenetics

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@nicolablackwood

1 year

12-11 #RSA 4x Champions! Great leadership from @SiyaKolisi #GoBokke #RSAvNZL

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University of Oxford

@UniofOxford

1 year

‘We could eradicate malaria by 2040.’ Prof Adrian Hill explains why Oxford's malaria vaccine is a game-changer ⬇️ #OxfordVaccine

‘We could eradicate malaria by 2040’ says expert after revolutionary vaccine is approved by WHO

People have been trying to make malaria vaccines for over 100 years. With the help of the revolutionary new R21/Matrix vaccine the disease could be eradicated by 2040.

theconversation.com

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Nicola Blackwood

@nicolablackwood

1 year

I pray for the peace of Israel. I condemn the terrible acts of terror Hamas are inflicting on civilians. Tonight Israeli flag flies @10DowningStreet , Berlin, NYC, EU Commission. We #StandWithIsrael

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Nicola Blackwood

@nicolablackwood

1 year

Dodging the rain today outside @BioEscalator at @OxfordMedSci Old Road Campus filming for launch of first @OxUInnovation Impact Report. V exciting: WATCH THIS SPACE 👀🔬🌳🤝👩🏽‍🏫🌎

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Pallab Ghosh

@BBCPallab

1 year

.⁦ @GoogleDeepMind ⁩’s AI is now helping scientists speeds up the search for disease genes.⁦ @ewanbirney ⁩ tells me #AI is “changing nearly everything in molecular biology”.

Google DeepMind AI speeds up search for disease genes

Google DeepMind has used its technology to identify parts of human DNA that might cause diseases.

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@chris_wigley

1 year

Excited that we’re announcing today our @genomicsengland partnership with @nanopore to Long-Read sequence 7,500 rare disease participants in order to increase diagnostic rates and treatment opportunities 🧬 🚀

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Demis Hassabis

@demishassabis

1 year

Excited to share #AlphaMissense our new AI system that can classify whether genetic mutations (missense variants) are benign or harmful - a critical step toward uncovering causes of many diseases, from cystic fibrosis to cancer. In @ScienceMagazine today

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Nicola Blackwood

@nicolablackwood

1 year

Fantastic @GenomicsEngland Research Summit - celebrating great progress & vital clinical impact genomics has now but also clarion call to press on & realise full potential Thanks to all our amazing partners #NHS , participants, researchers, industry. See you next year! #GERS2023

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Nicola Blackwood

@nicolablackwood

1 year

I know how many of you will welcome this! 👉👉👉 UK Set to Rejoin EU Horizon Science Program After Two Year Absence

UK Set to Rejoin EU Horizon Science Program After Two Year Absence

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has given the go-ahead for officials to finalize a deal to allow the UK to re-join the European Union’s €95.5 billion ($103 billion) Horizon science program, according to...

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Mark Girolami

@TuringChiefSci

1 year

The @turinginst 2022-23 annual report is released today, and it gives me great pleasure to introduce the Turing’s research highlights of the year – just a taste of our successes in 2022-23.

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Anthropic

@AnthropicAI

1 year

We propose: - Funding research for better model evaluations - Developing risk-responsive capabilities assessments - Establishing pre-registration for large training runs - Empowering technically literate auditors - Mandating red teaming before model release

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