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A new device developed by engineers at the University of California can recognise hand gestures based on electrical signals detected in the forearm, with the technology having the potential to be used in prosthetics. As well as being used to control prosthetics, the device, which couples wearable biosensors with artificial intelligence (AI), could interact with [...]
Digital services provided by the NHS have experienced a surge in usage throughout 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The NHS website, which usually attracts 360 million visits a year, has estimated approximately 803 million visits in 2020. As of 13 December 2020, the number of people using the NHS app had reached [...]
A new partnership is applying artificial intelligence to find new disease drivers and candidate drugs for lung cancer. The Innovate UK-backed collaboration between Intelligent OMICS, Arctoris and Medicines Discovery Catapult is designed to de-risk future R&D projects and demonstrate new cost and time-saving approaches to drug discovery. Intelligent OMICS use in silico (computer-based) tools to [...]
Sheffield-headquartered Rinri Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a novel cell-based therapy to restore hearing, has appointed a new chief technology officer. Dr Terri Gaskell brings more than 20 years of life sciences R&D experience in both academic and industry roles with a focus on the development and translation of cell and gene-based therapies. Gaskell joins [...]
A new AI-supported test has the potential to predict eye disease three years before the outbreak of symptoms. Developed by scientists at University College London in collaboration with the Western Eye Hospital, the test may predict wet AMD, a leading cause of severe sight loss. Currently the diagnosis of wet AMD relies on a person [...]
A new online campaign has been launched to signpost people to sources of support to help their mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental Health Cymru is a dedicated page that highlights the telephone support that is available, along with NHS approved courses that can help individuals cope at home. The campaign is [...]
A new mail order kit for rapid antigen saliva testing designed to give results for COVID-19 within 15 minutes has been brought to market. The Private Harley Street Clinic has launched the kit in response to demand from concerned families and hopes to ensure that everyone in the family is COVID-19 safe over the Christmas [...]
The Virtual Northern MedTech Summit is set to launch with the aim of giving people the opportunity to hear from the leading experts in healthcare and technology from across the North and the UK. The summit, which will take place virtually on 28 January 2021, is being run by the National Institute for Health Research [...]
A £10m research collaboration led by two UK universities will explore new ways to diagnose lung cancer earlier. The Universities of Southampton and Leeds have come together with healthcare, diagnostics and informatics companies to test the best way of detecting cancers at a stage when they can still be cured, linking to the NHS England Targeted [...]
The CEO behind a wearable device designed to reduce the risk of blood clots has said that the technology could provide “huge” financial savings to healthcare institutions. Sky Medical Technology’s geko device, which is the size of a wristwatch and straps to a patient’s knee, uses electrical impulses to stimulate blood flow at 60% the rate [...]
