Biogen has offered a glimmer of hope saying it intended to take an experimental drug into the final stages of testing following promising results from a clinical trial. Biogen’ share shot up 18 per cent at the open in New York Yesterday, adding about $10bn to its market valuation, after the US biotech company and…
WATERMELON-TEQUILA COCKTAILS When watermelon is in abundance, this is a great way to use it. Bobby Flay purees seedless watermelon chunks, then strains the juice through a sieve and mixes it with silver tequila, sugar syrup, blueberries, mint and fresh lime juice. TO SERVE 8 • 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup…
It’s that time of year when the temperatures are rising rapidly and the need to be looking out best physically is necessary as everyone likes to get ‘Bikini’ ready. Unfortunately, the whole peer pressure of looking good and feeling our best can sometimes be overwhelming and I find myself falling into quick-fix diets which ultimately…
BBC’s new £1.04bn refurbishment with glass ceiling is all but visible, which induces a sense of drama and urgency into the building and extending its HQ in Upper Regent Street, central London, has a sewage problem according to staff, as foul drains smell is spreading across the floor of the Broadcasting House, through its vast…
Stem cell research banned in America found its way to low tech labs in India funded by six multi-national Pharmaceutical companies for research into Full body transplant. You have a brain dead body of a 20-year-old with your brain and head.. Imagine the possibilities.
Oxford BioMedica in a £738.88m deal with Axovant which specialises in treatment for neurological diseases is a subsidiary of Roivant Sciences. Oxford BioMedica, one of Britain’s oldest biotech companies, has sealed an $842.5m ( £738.88m) deal with Axovant Sciences of the US to commercialise its gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease. New of the worldwide deal…
The UK Private Equity Group Bridgepoint, owner of Pret a Manger, has agreed to sell their sandwich shop chain for £1.5bn inclusive of debt to JAB Holdings, the German family-owned investment group challenging Nestle with its rapid acquisition of companies linked to the coffee market. Bridgepoint initially paid only £ 364m including debt to buy…
Junk food is a prepared food that has low nutritional value with high levels of calories from sugar or fat with little fibre,, protein, vitamins or minerals, like meat prepared with saturated fat. Frequent consumption of junk food increases the intake of excess fat, simple carbohydrates and processed sugar which may lead to a higher…
Scientists say a new sunscreen made from seaweed could be on sale within two years. Seaweed sunscreen would not affect marine life negatively, unlike current lotions and seaweed contains an agent that absorbs damaging ultraviolet and harmful sun rays. Palythine – the seaweed chemical can reduce acne and wrinkles and aid healing of scars plus…