News & Events

SMS-IC are delighted to hear news of JK Rowling’s generous donation through the Anne Rowling Foundation to the facility in Edinburgh. This will continue to support important research to advance our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases, such as MS, for the benefit of the people who are living with these life…

In February 2018 we were awarded a £1.7M collaborative grant from Innovate UK for a ground breaking project that could help develop new tests and treatments for patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NAFLD is an accumulation of excess fat in the liver of people who drink little or…

Cabinet Minister for Justice and Glasgow Pollok MSP Humza Yousaf visited the Precision Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (PMS-IC) in Glasgow, to hear about its precision medicine projects that aim to improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases such as MS, rheumatoid arthritis and ovarian and pancreatic cancers. Based in the…

Boston, Massachusetts has a reputation as one of the top life sciences clusters in the world, due in large part to its unique cooperation between industry, government and academia. It has more biotech research and development employees than anywhere else in the USA and is home to thousands of well-funded life…

Today (Monday 18 June) MSP Johann Lamont visited the Precision Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (PMS-IC) in Glasgow, to see first-hand how it is bringing together industry innovators, clinicians and world-class researchers together to work on precision medicine. Precision medicine ensures drugs are specifically targeted to a person’s genetic makeup rather than…