Farah Huzair
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Lecturer - Management of the Bioeconomy, Innovation and Governance
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined April 2011
Cheap over-the-counter nail drug found to work on crippling flesh-eating disease
theguardian.com
‘Momentous’ breakthrough as trial finds treatment for nail infections to be highly effective for neglected tropical disease
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https://t.co/jDhDZwGHJi
#MScBIG students- an interesting case study for your Circular and Bioeconomy course
theguardian.com
Scientists have found microbes that can do this at 15C, in a potential breakthrough for recycling
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Good luck to Matteo Cese, an Edinburgh Uni MSc BIG Alumni who is a finalist for the Inspire Launch Grow Awards in June hosted by Edinburgh Innovations & Edinburgh University. Matteo and his start up Cexal are doing some really exciting things in the life sciences. @innogen_inst
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Great case study for our students on the Biobusiness course. Thank you @gmdutfield
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Plans to unlock power of gene editing unveiled https://t.co/BpZPb3cbeh
#MScBIG
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Use of gene editing technologies to be enabled to help better protect the environment.
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BBC radio 4 podcast useful to our #MScBIG students - The Silence of the Gene - how the discovery of RNA interference has led to useful drugs in less than a quarter of a century.
bbc.co.uk
James Gallagher tells the story of new lifesaving drugs that interfere with genes.
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On lab grown meat. Good article for students on our #MScBIG course
theguardian.com
The long read: If cellular agriculture is going to improve on the industrial system it is displacing, it needs to grow without passing the cost on to workers, consumers and the environment
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Listening to this now on the BBC sounds app - great documentary by @matthewcobb on the history of biotechnology. For those on our #MScBIG course, a fascinating look at how risk was framed and how regulation came about in this area.
bbc.co.uk
The story of the controversial birth of genetic engineering in the early 1970s.
The story of the discovery of recombinant DNA as you have never heard it before, with Paul Berg, Janet Mertz, Bob Pollack, Stan Cohen, David Baltimore and others, and featuring music from The Who, Jefferson Airplane and Pink Floyd.
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https://t.co/8dhllfKqCD useful case study for our students on MSc in Management of Bioeconony Innovation & Governance, and to supplement the lecture by Dr James Lowe given for my Biobusiness course
bbc.co.uk
Researchers at Edinburgh's Roslin Institute aim to combat Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome.
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Delighted that @kailibby22 and I have been invited to present again at the third European summer school on the Circular Bioeconomy from the 6th-10th Sept. Hosted by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the European Community of Practice for Bioeconomy Education
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