Biomedical
The Northwest of England has a strong and rapidly growing
healthcare industry, with around 230 companies established in the
region. This is further supported by the strong academic research
capabilities of the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, partner
hospitals and locally-based national support facilities such as the
National Biomanufacturing Centre.
Daresbury Laboratory has for many
years provided crucial platform analytical technology to support
the healthcare industry, using its capability to evaluate a variety
of protein structures, amongst other things, through
internationally-leading processes. Protein crystallography analysis
through the Synchrotron Radiation Source, the electron spectroscopy
capabilities of NCESS
(National Centre for Electron Spectroscopy and Surface Science )
and SuperSTEM (the world's most resolving
electron microscope) have all been utilised in evaluating protein
structures.
Recently, this resource has been further complemented by the
modelling and simulation capabilities of the Computational Science
and Engineering Department.
It is this background which has led to Daresbury SIC becoming
home to a cluster of nearly 10 healthcare businesses in a number of
areas, including pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and medical
devices.
The Daresbury SIC Biomedical
brochure is available to download.
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