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A UK firm believes its membrane emulsification technology could enable the economic and rapid deployment of a COVID-19 vaccine. Dai Hayward, chief executive of Teesside-based Micropore Technologies, says vaccine developers from around the globe are interested in the precision and large-scale production capability of his company’s technology. The process provides a new, accurate and scalable [...]
The open innovation platform, AlmirallShare, is calling on the scientific community in a bid to identify new treatments for skin health and establish collaborations in dermatological research. This is the fifth call from the platform which seeks partnering opportunities for new assets, new chemical entities, biologics and other advanced therapies. With this call to the [...]
A UK neuroscience firm has launched a new device which aims to combat feelings of worry and stress whilst boosting mental health and promoting the importance of wellbeing. The MindWatch Company, headquartered in Rothwell, Leeds, developed the tech-enabled wearable device as a solution to the UK’s lockdown blues. The mindfulness tool is designed to make [...]
A COVID-19 'hotspot tracker’ has been launched to help identify high risk areas for businesses and individuals as the nation begins to return to normality and local travel increases. Developed by flow chemistry engineering firm Vapourtec, the ‘league table’ encompasses all of the local authorities across England and is updated daily, presenting the latest reported [...]
Tech agency Innovate UK has awarded funding to a project which uses AI to help schools address the mental health of its pupils. It is hoped the “emotionally-intelligent chat platform” will help to meet the “tsunami of mental health” problems among adolescents; which some believe will be exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis and its various [...]
UK researchers have made an important breakthrough that could lead to 'kinder' treatments for children with bone cancer and save lives. New research has identified a set of key genes that drive the spread of bone cancer to the lungs - and uncovered a new treatment option for osteosarcoma, one of the most common types of [...]
New technology for the diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis has been granted FDA approval for clinical use in the USA. Scientists at Monash University have developed non-invasive technology which is able to pinpoint localised areas of deficiency in the lungs, allowing for earlier, faster and more accurate diagnoses. They believe the research could hold [...]
US researchers have created a 3D printed, functioning heart pump which could improve studies into heart and circulatory diseases – which cause more than a quarter of all UK deaths. In the past, researchers have tried to 3D print cardiomyocytes, or heart muscle cells, that were derived from what are called pluripotent human stem cells. [...]
A compact testing lab that fits into a suitcase has been developed to tackle poor waterborne diseases which affect millions around the world. Scientists from Newcastle University (UK) have been working to ensure waterborne hazards can be identified quickly, easily and cheaply, anywhere in the world. The ‘suitcase lab’ uses smaller and lower cost versions of [...]
Efforts to commercialise a novel approach to spinal surgery for the European market and additional global regions are underway. Toronto-based 7D Surgical has announced today that it has obtained CE Mark certification for its Machine-vision Image Guided Surgery (MvIGS) system. The MvIGS system utilises a novel camera-based technology, coupled with machine-vision algorithms to eliminate some [...]
