Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
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The Buzz S3, E4: Space bricks
In this instalment of The Buzz podcast, Dr Aled Roberts explains the potential for using astronauts’ blood plasma and other human waste products to manufacture ‘space bricks’ to build structures on the Moon and Mars.
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Raised by Wolves – Will we always know the difference between AI and real people?
Professor Aline Miller features in a special trailer for hit sci-fi TV show Raised by Wolves, and tells us if robots can ever experience human emotions.
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Most wonderful time of the beer: Yeast biodiversity promises exciting new flavours
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Discover why new research might spice up future Christmases and other celebrations – with exciting new flavours of beer!
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Innovation from a crisis: Meet FSE’s COVID Catalysts
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Meet the science and engineering COVID Catalysts whose work and research during the pandemic could lead to a brighter future – in many different ways.
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Manchester scientists developing simple at-home COVID-19 test
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Researchers at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology are working on a test for COVID-19 that can be used at home and provides results in 20 minutes.
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Going out on a limb – could we one day grow back a lost hand?
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Prosthetics may one day be replaced with medicine that allows us to regrow lost limbs and organs. It sounds like science fiction, but if a salamander can do it, why shouldn’t we? We spoke to Professor Sarah Cartmell about the realities of regenerative medicine.
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We are the champions! MIB awarded Queen’s Anniversary Prize
The Manchester Institute of Biotechnology has been named as the recipient of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.
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Ocean drive – how the future of biofuel could lie in the ocean
A new breakthrough made by scientists at The University of Manchester could see jet fuel, petrol and diesel one day replaced by biofuel made from an ocean bacteria.
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On the scent: how one woman sniffed out Parkinson’s diagnosis
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This World Parkinson’s Day, we take a look at research carried out at the School of Chemistry, which has the potential to transform Parkinson’s diagnosis.
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Who’s the daddy? Mystery of the mummy brothers unravelled
Who can resist an episode of The Jeremy Kyle Show when it’s a DNA results special? Well, here at The University of Manchester, we’ve just wrapped up our own DNA mystery – and the result was just as shocking. As is a popular theme on the ITV chat show, the question we wanted to answer […]