New national healthcare research hub for LAT’S
New national healthcare research hub for LAT'S: University of Liverpool, aims to position the UK as a world leader in the emerging global field of...
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.
2024 Nobel Prize Winners
2024 Nobel Prize Winners: The Physiological Society congratulates Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun on being awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It...
Streamlining Medical Knowledge for Better Patient Care
Making Medical Knowledge Accessible: Simplifying Healthcare Information for Better Patient Care: Healthcare is complex enough, finding the knowledge you need shouldn’t be. In a world...
Major funding awards announced for studies into lead poisoning and sonic innovation
Studies to improve the way we monitor and test for lead poisoning in children and communicate data through sound have been awarded more than £1.1...
Researchers make blood vessels from people with diabetes and discover how they are damaged
In a groundbreaking discovery, a team of researchers from Queen's University Belfast has successfully grown a mini version of human blood vessels from people with...
A sensory pen which can read Braille could improve literacy amongst the visually impaired
A pen which can transform Braille into English text has been developed by experts at the University of Bristol. Braille literacy is frequently reported as...
Funding boost for Curtin tool to predict chemo effectiveness
Curtin University research to develop an early diagnosis tool predicting how cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy has received a funding boost of almost half...
A simple change to save thousands of patients with sepsis
A Simple Change to Save Thousands from Sepsis: Changing the way antibiotics are given to adult patients with sepsis will save thousands of lives a...
Bioengineering breakthrough could improve bone regeneration treatments
A bioengineering breakthrough which helps repair damaged bones without causing the negative side effects of other treatments could lead to better results for patients, scientists...
Researchers engineer bacteria for targeted chemotherapy delivery
Traditional chemotherapy often poses significant challenges, including severe side effects, damage to healthy tissue and limited efficacy. Now, researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School...
