All Health/Diagnostics

Laboratory gloves could inflate microplastics readings, suggests study
Added: 30 Mar 2026
Scientists may be overestimating their assessments of microplastics pollution, with the cause lying…

‘Smart IUD’ could herald accurate monitoring for fertility and endometriosis, say creators
Added: 28 Mar 2026
A smart IUD being pioneered by a femtech company could provide breakthrough monitoring for a range …

Pistoia to publish guide to pharma firm social media listening
Added: 28 Mar 2026
The Pistoia Alliance is for the first time engaging health patients in its research, in order to ai…

From Injection to Ingestion: can yeast make vaccines more accessible?
Added: 28 Mar 2026
Vilnius University reports how its Life Sciences (VU LSC) Center and the U.S. National Cancer Insti…

Motor mimicry could offer insight into muscle conditions say researchers
Added: 21 Mar 2026
Mechanical motors created to mimic molecules that enable human muscles to contract could eventually…

CrossSense smart specs win Longitude dementia award £1mill grand prize
Added: 21 Mar 2026
CrossSense, the smart glasses-based AI assistant designed to help early stage dementia sufferers wi…

Gut health issues ‘raise risk for heart failure patients’
Added: 13 Mar 2026
People with heart failure have 8% more chance of being hospitalised or dying if they also have poor…

Consultation measures support for fast track access to medical device imports
Added: 11 Mar 2026
Plans to speed up access to new healthcare devices by aligning regulation with the European Union a…

Bath combines biology and chemistry to thwart cancer drivers
Added: 4 Mar 2026
University of Bath researchers are harnessing bacteria to develop millions of potential drug molecu…

Stratech acquisition signals further expansion for Europa Biosite
Added: 1 Mar 2026
Cambridge Bioscience has purchased its fellow life sciences product distributor Stratech Scientific…

Phesi founder: digital twins offer potential for combatting rare diseases
Added: 21 Feb 2026
Digital twins are offering new therapeutic possibilities for diseases where the number of sufferers…

Crick Institute’s Swanton wins US$1mill Sjöberg Prize
Added: 15 Feb 2026
One of oncology research’s largest awards worldwide, the annual Sjöberg Prize, has been awarded thi…

UK-Finland study extends obesity health risks to include infectious diseases
Added: 14 Feb 2026
More than one in 10 deaths from a number of infectious diseases are associated with obesity worldwi…

Wearable tech creates user-friendly sleep apnoea test
Added: 4 Feb 2026
New wearable technology developed by the University of Chester is providing fresh insights into how…

Scientists find sweet spot for tackling resistant pathogen
Added: 4 Feb 2026
Australian researchers have designed antibodies able to recognise a sugar present only on bacterial…

Swedish researchers cite biomarker advance for early stage Parkinson’s
Added: 1 Feb 2026
Biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease have been identified by a Scandinavian research team, pinpointin…

Growth in UK advanced therapy clinical trials
Added: 26 Jan 2026
The number of advanced therapy clinical trials in the UK rose last year, with the country being a s…

Study links variants in single gene to incidences of dementia
Added: 11 Jan 2026
New research from UCL has identified variations in a single gene as an under-recognised target for …

Breast cancer is world’s most studied disease for fifth year
Added: 8 Jan 2026
Phesi’s annual report on the world’s clinical trials has revealed that breast cancer has maintained…

Researcher wins £2million for quantum tech ‘spy’ system
Added: 15 Dec 2025
Heriot-Watt University researcher Dr Aldona Mzyk has been awarded £2 million to develop quantum sen…