Telehealth project launched in Lesbos refugee camps
The ongoing dire situation in the refugee camps in Greece is presenting healthcare staff on the ground with huge challenges. People who fall ill are...
Innovation
The Innovation section showcases a variety of groundbreaking developments in healthcare and medicine. It includes diverse topics such as empowering students in skin health through design, developing wearable diagnostics for neuromuscular diseases, and utilizing “superhero bugs” and AI in combating infections. The section also covers significant research funding awards, collaborations like Coventry University joining the Turing University network, and advancements in early breast cancer detection using robotic technology. Additionally, it explores the integration of AI in electronic health records, clinical trials for spinal cord injuries, and innovative medical applications like using substances from poisonous mushrooms against kidney cancer, emphasizing the dynamic and transformative nature of medical innovation.
Disinfecting robot paves way for student return
A disinfecting robot is helping a leading training organisation prepare for the return of its students. Gen2 is using the innovative technology to disinfect the workshop...
Royal Marsden digital breakthrough set to revolutionise clinical trial management
Royal Marsden digital breakthrough set to revolutionise clinical trial management: Paperwork-heavy clinical trial management is set to be revolutionised by a unique collaboration between Hyland...
New drug development using Nature’s strategies
Oxytocin/vasopressin receptors are typical examples of so-called G protein-coupled receptors – the most successful drug target class. The oxytocin and vasopressin receptors are targeted, for...
The Christabel Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology and Innovation
Launch of multimillion pound institute for health technology research and innovation in Manchester: Tuesday, 12 January saw a consortium led by The University of Manchester...
Wireless temperature monitoring in labour
New study concludes continuous wireless monitoring of a mother’s temperature during labour promises to be more effective than manual measurements for indicating the risk of...
New model for predicting course of COVID-19
New model for predicting course of COVID-19 could relieve pressure on the healthcare system: MedUni Vienna, Klinik Favoriten, Medical University of Innsbruck, Johannes Kepler University...
GPS could track transmission risk
GPS data could help map COVID-19 transmission risk: Human mobility data gathered from de-identified mobile devices could help map coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission and support contact...
Novel biomarkers predict the development of incident heart failure
Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital have discovered several new biomarkers that are associated with incident heart failure. In a...
‘Boss’ genes could save human hearts – and the reef
‘Boss’ genes could save human hearts – and the reef: The chain of command inside human cells is similar to the way a factory is...
