Research
Glucose Republic (GR) has raised a £500,000 investment round from leading equity investors Deepbridge Capital and the Development Bank of Wales, to build the world’s first system focused on what impact food has upon us. GR combines biology and software to help us live and eat better. The Cardiff headquartered company was formed by Julian [...]
University of Adelaide experts have been awarded more than $1.9m to pursue medical research that will improve the lives of young Aboriginal women, high-risk COVID-19 groups and cancer sufferers. The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) has awarded Dr Amy Dwyer $788,944 over four years. Dr Dwyer from the Adelaide Medical School, was awarded the funding [...]
A University of Sydney PhD researcher is developing a cancer and serious disease-detecting biomedical probe that can be made from the juice of rotten oranges. The nanobiosensor is a tiny probe that uses fluorescence to signal cells' pH in terms of their acidity or alkalinity – it detects whether cells are at risk, or in [...]
A project to develop remote assessments and care for older people living with frailty has been awarded £148,000 by the NIHR. Digital and remote enhancements for the assessment and management of older people living with frailty (DREAM), a collaborative project between the University of Exeter and Kings College London, comes at a time when the population is ageing. [...]
The University of Adelaide has launched a quantum materials strategy with a focus on cutting-edge fundamental research to deliver new quantum-enabled technologies for a healthier world. Professor Glenn Solomon, inaugural hicks chair of quantum materials, the University of Adelaide said quantum materials were the backbone of the transformative quantum technologies revolution of the late 20th [...]
PointClickCare will work with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide data to combat the threats impacting care home residents. Under the contract, PointClickCare will provide CDC with comprehensive de‐identified patient data for residents of long‐term and post‐acute care facilities. This data will be used to address public health priorities, allowing [...]
The UK government will invest £375m over the next five years to develop research that could help people with neurodegenerative diseases live longer, healthier lives. The £375m investment will fund projects into a range of diseases such as Pick’s Disease, Fronto-temporal dementia and wernicke-korsakoff. As well as Parkinson’s disease dementia, Lewy Body dementia, Alzheimer’s disease [...]
Research led by staff at Teesside University, based in North East England, could lead to new approaches in treating aggressive childhood cancers more effectively Academics based at the University’s National Horizons Centre have been studying the genetics of aggressive lymphoma and have discovered a link between a specific gene and the survival rate of children with the disease. In a [...]
Customised respiratory protection for healthcare workers with a comfortable close-fitting seal, that is suitable for nearly 90% of face shapes and sizes, can be mass produced, researchers from King's College London have found. Providing adequate filtering PPE for frontline healthcare workers has been a major challenge since the start of the pandemic, and the key [...]
Researchers based in Manchester, UK, are working to make prescribing of medication safer for people in prison The researchers searched electronic health records to uncover how many people in prisons have been affected by a potential problem related to their prescribed medication. The team worked with prison pharmacists who conducted searches of the electronic healthcare records [...]
