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A new spin-out support programme has been launched to provide funding for the commercialisation of industrial biotechnology concepts and the creation of more spin-outs, helping to drive the growth of Scotland’s bioeconomy. The programme, from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), will support researchers at Scottish universities to progress bio-based research and establish new companies in [...]
Digital healthcare platform Livi has become the first digital healthcare provider in England to be rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and social care services. Livi enables patients to see GPs and other healthcare professionals by video through their smartphone or tablet device seven days a week, and [...]
Life sciences businesses can tap into the expertise of one of the UK’s leading research facilities through its consultancy services offering. Since it opened in 2019, the National Horizons Centre (NHC), a UK centre of excellence for the bioscience industry, has established itself as a premium facility for businesses in the sector who want to [...]
Start-up Hertility Health has raised £4.2m in seed funding to help grow its hormone and reproductive health-related product range. The seed funding round was led by LocalGlobe, Venrex, and several angel investors including former CEO of Bupa, Evelyn Bourke and Matt Robinson, CEO of Nested and founder of the unicorn company GoCardless. The funds will [...]
A competition has been launched to uncover the emerging tech startups and scaleups delivering benefits to people’s lives. Hays Technology and Empact Ventures have launched the second in the series of the Super Connect for Good competition, a European Tech for Good search, which is open for entries across the UK, Ireland and Europe. Held [...]
A new study of injectable implants for tracking body temperature concludes that digital implants in humans display similar performance as standard medical devices. Health Tech World spoke to the managing director of DSruptive Subdermals, the microelectronics company that commissioned the study, about the potential of the technology. Swedish startup DSruptive Subdermals, which specialises in implantable [...]
HT World talks to health tech innovator Russell Graney about his how his enterprise Aidin is transforming critical decision-making in care.
The US company, Teledyne FLIR, known for its thermal imaging infrared cameras, has announced that it will be embarking on a five-year project to develop new fabrics that could potentially birth a new generation of PPE. Teledyne FLIR announced in April that it has won a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) [...]
UK researchers believe they have identified a 3D printing process which improves the durability of artificial body parts, and reduces the risk of bacterial infection. In a study, they applied a computer algorithm to design and manufacture - pixel by pixel - 3D-printed objects made up of two polymer materials of differing stiffness that also [...]
Biomedical engineers have demonstrated that a class of interwoven composite materials called semi-interpenetrating polymer networks (sIPNs) can be produced by living cells. The approach could make these versatile materials more biologically compatible for biomedical applications such as time-delayed drug delivery systems. The concept of sIPNs has been around for more than 100 years and has [...]
