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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…
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…
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…
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…
Microwave tech turns clothes into wearable diagnostics
Added: 24 Nov 2025
Specialists at a Finnish university are developing a series of wearables that use microwave technol…
Firm claims successful results for test identifying 50 cancers
Added: 19 Oct 2025
US company Grail claims that results for its new blood test suggest it is capable of diagnosing mor…
Molecule demonstrates success controlling Parkinson’s-associated protein behaviour
Added: 6 Oct 2025
A so-called peptide switch developed by university scientists could offer a means to prevent the bu…
