BBSRC invests £48 million in lifelong health research at Babraham Institute – UKRI

Following a five-year review by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Babraham Institute will receive £48 million to support core research across epigenetics, immunology and cell signalling.

Over the next four years, BBSRC’s investment will drive key research on the mechanisms that maintain the health of our cells, tissues and organs across the whole life course.

A focus on fundamental research

Babraham’s fundamental research focuses on understanding biology in relation to maintaining health, especially with regards to protecting and maximizing good health in the later years of life.

Older age brings many opportunities but can also be

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JSI Recognized by 2024 Indigo Design Awards

“Addressing Weight Stigma and Bias in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care” was among the JSI-created videos that received 2024 Indigo Design Awards.

We are thrilled to announce that JSI received more than 10 awards for graphic and web design from the 2024 Indigo Design Awards. These awards showcase the work of innovative design agencies and individual designers across various industries, including those in the non-profit and social change arenas. Our talented Health Communication Team works closely with federal and state agencies, private foundations, and community-based organizations to strengthen the health of individuals, families, and communities.

JSI’s health communication combines more

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Dr. Lal PathLabs Q4 results: Net profit rises 49% on healthy testing demand | Company Results

Dr Lal PathLabs: Street worried over rising pressures

Analysts expect Indian diagnostic firms to benefit from geographic expansions and price hikes.

1 min read Last Updated : May 10 2024 | 3:44 PM IST

Dr. Lal PathLabs, India’s biggest diagnostics firm by revenue, posted a bigger profit for the fourth straight quarter on Thursday, led by the addition of more labs and increased demand for medical tests.

The company’s consolidated net profit jumped 49% year-on-year to Rs 84.5 crore ($10.1 million) in the fourth quarter.

Its shares climbed as much as 7.8% after the results before trimming some gains to trade up about 6%. Rival Metropolis Healthcare was

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Using nature to treat mental health patients

By Rose Hoban

The impulse to retreat to nature to improve and sustain one’s mental health has a long history — from the times of Hippocrates, who’s often credited with saying “nature is the physician of disease,” to Henry David Thoreau who voyaged into the woods to “live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.”

More recently, doctors in Japan have been writing prescriptions for their patients to take walks in the woods.

Too often, though, people with mental health problems end up spending their days in rooms lit by artificial light, with little access to fresh air,

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How science cleared the air over inhaled health risks

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For a quick summary of the fight for clean air over the past century, look out of any office window.

Odds are your view won’t be obscured by dangerous smog – or by clouds of cigarette smoke. For much of the past century, that would have been unthinkable.

“Even since just the 1980s, air pollution has fallen dramatically,” said Dr. Robert Brook, a professor of cardiovascular medicine at Wayne State University in Detroit. He can see the improvement just by watching the background when movies from that era come on. “It’s amazing, the change. And it

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