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Chemistry spin-out Ziylo acquired by global healthcare company in $800m deal which could transform the treatment of diabetes
17 August 2018
School of Chemistry spin-out company Ziylo has been bought by global healthcare company Novo Nordisk in a deal which could be worth around $800 million.
- Protocell guests flee the nest 10 September 2018 Researchers at the School of Chemistry have shown that resident artificial cells abandon their protocell hosts by displaying antagonistic behaviour on receiving a chemical signal.
- Enzyme-powered protocells rise to the top 20 August 2018 Researchers in the School of Chemistry have successfully assembled enzyme-powered artificial cells that can float or sink depending on their internal chemical activity. The work provides a new approach to designing complex life-like properties in non-living materials.
- Chemistry spin-out Ziylo acquired by global healthcare company in $800m deal which could transform the treatment of diabetes 17 August 2018 School of Chemistry spin-out company Ziylo has been bought by global healthcare company Novo Nordisk in a deal which could be worth around $800 million.
- Local structure in deeply supercooled liquids exhibits growing lengthscales and dynamical correlations 16 August 2018 Using super-resolution “STED” nanoscopy, James Hallett, Francesco Turci and C. Patrick Royall have found ideal glass-like states.
- Chemistry welcomes new Head of School 1 August 2018 Professor Emma Raven has now joined the department as Head of School
- Ride for Precious Lives 11 July 2018 Professor Dudley Shallcross cycles 205 miles to raise money for Children's Hospice South West
- Celebration of Bristol Chemistry V 4 July 2018 Early career research celebrated in the School of Chemistry
- Novel molecular designs unlock therapeutic potential of nicotine receptors 15 June 2018 Seven million people die each year from smoking related diseases, according to the World Health Organisation, with the annual death toll expected to rise to eight million by 2030.
- Predicting the outcome of the arms race between man and bacteria 7 June 2018 Through computer simulations, scientists can predict if bacteria can be stopped with popular antibacterial therapies or not – a breakthrough which will help select and develop effective treatments for bacterial infections.
- Polymer crystals hold key to record-breaking energy transport 25 May 2018 Chemists from the universities of Bristol and Cambridge have found a way to create polymeric semiconductor nanostructures that absorb light and transport its energy further than previously observed.