Blog Archives - MicroTex

Inspiring the Next Generation Through Research: A Summer at MicroTex

Jul 16, 2026 | Blog

This summer, MicroTex was pleased to welcome a high school student for a four-week internship as part of the Edinburgh BioQuarter Summer Internship Programme. The programme offers school students the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of research and...

Celebrating Women and Girls in Science: Gertrude Elion

Feb 11, 2026 | Blog

Gertrude Elion, Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine (1988), transformed the way we develop drugs. While her discoveries—drugs for leukemia, herpes, and immunosuppression—were groundbreaking, her greatest contribution was revolutionising the drug development...

The Crisis in Drug Development: Why 90% of New Treatments Fail—and How MicroTex Is Solving It

Feb 5, 2026 | Blog

Despite decades of scientific breakthroughs, the pharmaceutical industry faces a sobering reality: nine out of ten drugs that enter clinical trials never make it to patients. This staggering failure rate, combined with costs exceeding $1-2 billion and timelines...