Research
A company focused on the early detection of cancer has raised $140 million in Series B funding to study its blood-based screening test. Harbinger Health will use the funding to complete a 10,000-subject clinical trial on its blood-based multi-cancer screening test. Developers of blood-based multi-cancer screening tests such as Illumina’s Grail use genomic sequencing and [...]
By Russell Green, Director of Product Growth for Cell Culture, Automata
We sat down with some leading entrepreneurs, and asked them to share the top three reasons why health tech startups fail. They've shared their hands-on experience and views on what makes (and breaks) a startup in health tech... The hard truth is that most startups fail. Being able to launch, nurture and grow your business [...]
Who is having a real impact on healthcare and digital health? Which innovations will positively affect healthcare in 2023? Here’s the Health Tech World longlist of some of the most prominent names in the space… 1- Intuition Robotics | Israel Intuition Robotics is on a mission to empower older adults to live happier, healthier and [...]
You could be increasing your own chances of cognitive decline and dementia through daily lifestyle choices, a new study has claimed. So what exactly are the controllable risk factors, and what action can we take to keep our brains in shape? According to the NHS, the likelihood of developing dementia doubles every five years, as [...]
One round of IVF costs a sixth of the average household income (£31,400) - and families struggling to pay for it think their employers should foot the bill. Should they? Families struggling to afford the costs of IVF should be able to look to their employer for financial support, according to over 60% of Brits, [...]
The trick to keeping the weight off in 2023 could be a strange one. Apparently, it could be as simple as cooling your hands - according to new university research. New and surprising research from Stanford University shows that cooling your palms drastically reduces fatigue, improves performance and causes greater weight loss, aiding people to [...]
The National Horizons Centre is a leading light in the emerging genomics and bioinformatics space.
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality have power and appeal for one simple reason - they create a world where the impossible becomes possible. Just imagine what that could mean for healthcare… A transformation is about to, and arguably already is, taking place in the medical world. The world we think we know is shifting at [...]
