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10 spinouts to watch: April 2023
A treatment for all lung diseases, a rose petal-inspired coating to make solar cells more efficient and a device to resuscitate newborns are among this month's picks.
Apr 20, 2023
10 spinouts to watch: March 2023
Regrowing limbs, a cure for AML found at the bottom of the ocean and software for data centres to use 25% less energy are all more science than fiction thanks to these 10 spinouts.
MPC Therapeutics manipulates cell behaviour to fight cancer
Cancer survival rates have increased dramatically over the past century, but immunotherapies are not a holy grail — yet.
Carbon Re helps cement a sustainable future
Cement production accounts for 8% of carbon dioxide emissions around the world, so Carbon Re has developed a cost-effective AI that identifies ways to lower emissions.
10 spinouts to watch: February 2023
A cure for diabetes, food made from CO2 and a wound dressing that kills superbugs are all a step closer to reality thanks to these 10 spinouts.
10 spinouts to watch: January 2023
How do you stop AI from being racist? What if you could diagnose autism at birth using a single strand of hair? Here are 10 spinouts doing this and more.
The silent pandemic: how Microplate Dx is fighting antimicrobial resistance
Today, 1.3 million people die each year because of antimicrobial resistance, a figure that could increase to 10 million by 2050 — Strathclyde’s Microplate Dx hopes to prevent that.
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10 spinouts to watch: December 2022
Enzymes to infinitely recycle plastic, a way to make green ammonia and an app to detect early Alzheimer's are among this month's noteworthy technologies.
BioBetter offers climate security one bite at a time
BioBetter’s technology utilises tobacco plants to provide a climate-friendly response to the meat production industry.
10 spinouts to watch: November 2022
Cures for HIV and blurred vision and using cosmic rays to monitor nuclear waste drums are on our list of recent promising university spinouts.
CasInvent Pharma goes for cancer hat-trick
CasInvent Pharma’s approach is aimed at three forms of cancer rather than just one, with leukaemia, lymphoma and solid tumours all in its sights.
Spinouts are thriving despite slump
Spinouts have defied the slump in the rest of the market, with deal numbers up 10% from last year. The average size of seed and series B rounds has actually increased.
10 spinouts to watch: October 2022
Non-recyclable plastics making asphalt more sustainable and a vaccine to save the honeybee are just two of 10 inventions that caught our eye.
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Carbon Re helps cement a sustainable future
Cement production accounts for 8% of carbon dioxide emissions around the world, so Carbon Re has developed a cost-effective AI that identifies ways to lower emissions.
10 spinouts to watch: January 2023
How do you stop AI from being racist? What if you could diagnose autism at birth using a single strand of hair? Here are 10 spinouts doing this and more.
The silent pandemic: how Microplate Dx is fighting antimicrobial resistance
Today, 1.3 million people die each year because of antimicrobial resistance, a figure that could increase to 10 million by 2050 — Strathclyde’s Microplate Dx hopes to prevent that.
