Diagnostics
Musculoskeletal med tech company Naitive Technologies has published results demonstrating the diagnostic performance of its AI-powered tool, OsteoSight, for identifying people at risk of low bone mineral density (BMD). The results, published in Osteoporosis International, validate the utility of OsteoSight in detecting low BMD using routine X-rays that have been taken for other purposes. Robert [...]
Phoenix Hospital Group has launched a new Same Day Memory Clinic within the Harley Street Health District, offering a full cognitive assessment and diagnosis within days. As part of its growing portfolio of health assessments and preventative health screens, this new consultant-led service expands Phoenix Hospital Group's offering. It provides same-day access to memory specialists, [...]
An ambitious technology project to support the transformation of pathology services across Northern Ireland has been completed, with the go-live of the Clinisys WinPath laboratory information management system at the final two health and social care trusts. Western and Southern trusts went live with the LIMS in their microbiology, blood sciences, and blood transfusion services [...]
Health Tech World explores the latest research and developments in health technology. Scientists develop a method for engineering ultra-selective aptamers Inspired by the way viruses attach to cells, EPFL scientists have developed a method for engineering ultra-selective aptamers - short segments of DNA or RNA that are designed to bind, like antibodies, to specific targets, [...]
The construction of the new £15m Endoscopy Unit at the Cumberland Infirmary (CIC) is now complete, and will welcome its first patients later this month. Clinicians, staff, and key partners had the opportunity to come and see the new unit before patients move in. This new Endoscopy Unit will be able to treat more patients, [...]
Linear Diagnostics, a spin-out company from the University of Birmingham, has secured £1 million in funding to develop a rapid diagnostic test for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that can deliver results in just five minutes. The funding, awarded through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme, will support [...]
Tens of thousands of patients with lung and breast cancer are to benefit from a “revolutionary” blood test on the NHS across England which can speed up access to targeted therapy. The new ‘liquid biopsy’ test can help fast-track lung cancer patients to receive targeted therapy up to two weeks earlier, while helping some avoid [...]
An American engineer and his team have devised a simple device using specially designed floss that can easily and accurately measure cortisol, a stress hormone, in real time. Chronic stress can lead to increased blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, decreased immune function, depression, and anxiety. Unfortunately, the tools we use to monitor stress are often [...]
An artificial intelligence technique for detecting DNA fragments shed by tumours and circulating in a patient’s blood could help clinicians more quickly identify and determine if pancreatic cancer therapies are working. After testing the method, called ARTEMIS-DELFI, in blood samples from patients participating in two large clinical trials of pancreatic cancer treatments, researchers found that [...]
Scientists and medics have developed an ultra-rapid method of genetically diagnosing brain tumours that will cut the time it takes to classify them from 6-8 weeks, to as little as two hours – which could improve care for thousands of patients each year in the UK. The method has been developed by scientists at the [...]
