All Health/Diagnostics
Smart hearing system reads lips of masked speakers
Added: 26 Sep 2022
A hearing aid system under development employs radio frequency sensing paired with artificial intel…
MND treatment offers hope for further research on disease variants
Added: 22 Sep 2022
Treatment administered for a specific variant of motor-neurone disease (MND) has reportedly been ef…
Kidney charity unveils competition for dialysis innovation
Added: 11 Sep 2022
Just weeks after a pioneering dialysis technology won a prestigious engineering award, a leading UK…
UWS’s third venture aims for fat returns from thin films
Added: 13 Aug 2022
The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is aiming to tap into the country’s reputation as a ma…
MDC and ZEISS join forces to catapult complex medicine development
Added: 13 Aug 2022
Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) the not-for-profit organisation established by Innovate UK, has …
Strathclyde tumour testing tool aims to boost experimentation 50 times
Added: 31 Jul 2022
Testing on solid tumour samples could be increased 50 times, say scientists led by the University o…
Life sciences leap forward as AlphaFold shares the ‘protein universe’
Added: 29 Jul 2022
AlphaFold, the artificial intelligence programme created by AI group Deep Mind has released its pre…
BHF awards team £30 million to develop injectable heart cure
Added: 29 Jul 2022
Research team CureHeart has won the £30 million Big Beat Challenge to develop its injectable cure f…
In silico study sheds light on elephants’ cancer resistance
Added: 17 Jul 2022
Elephants’ ability to combat cancer could help develop treatments in humans and also bolster conser…
Time for masks not musical chairs, health secretary told
Added: 9 Jul 2022
Incoming health secretary Steve Barclay has been urged to reintroduce the wearing of facemasks and …
Lack of sustained hypertension treatment undermines health objectives
Added: 9 Jul 2022
Discontinued hypertension treatment in some of the world’s leading middle-income nations is a signi…
Tributes paid to neuroscientist Sir Colin Blakemore
Added: 3 Jul 2022
Scientists and academics have paid tribute to the late professor Sir Colin Blakemore, following his…
Understanding viral morphologies with next-generation cryo-EM
Added: 26 Jun 2022
With diverse morphologies, our understanding of Archaeal viruses remains scant. Here, Prof Edward H…
Multimillion pound grant aims to find MND treatment ‘in years, not decades’
Added: 25 Jun 2022
Specialists at six UK universities will share a £4.25 million grant to develop collaborative effort…
Pistoia Alliance announces first female president
Added: 25 Jun 2022
Pistoia Alliance, the global body which promotes non-competitive R&D collaboration among leading li…
AI helps detect autistic speech patterns in different language groups
Added: 20 Jun 2022
Speech patterns associated with autism can be identified with the help of machine learning in langu…
How does automation improve lab testing?
Added: 13 Jun 2022
Laboratory results can be instrumental in telling scientists and health care professionals about pe…
Bad dreams frequency could be Parkinson’s risk indicator, suggests study
Added: 10 Jun 2022
Older adults who start to experience bad dreams might be exhibiting the earliest signs of Parkinson…
How can mental health professionals open their minds to psychosis?
Added: 27 May 2022
Effective clinical care for patients with psychosis means understanding the ‘lived experience’ of t…
E. coli K-12 turns 100 this year
Added: 17 May 2022
While not your most obvious candidate for centenary celebrations, Brittany Niccum explains why we s…
