Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
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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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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 […]