All Medical/Health


Imperial’s smart heart reading T-shirt nets £340k

Added: 6 Jan 2025

Imperial College London researchers have secured more than a third of a million pounds to enable th…

Access your free copy of the Laboratory News Christmas issue…

Added: 20 Dec 2024

Scientist and presenter Dr Chris van Tulleken explains why eating is like an arms race as he prepar…

Greener diagnostics: The sustainable revolution

Added: 17 Dec 2024

From eco-friendly materials to innovative technologies such as spectroscopy, molecular diagnostics …

Making tough choices digestible

Added: 16 Dec 2024

“To eat is to compete in an arms race,” says Dr Chris van Tulleken, whose thoughts on evangelising …

Stick-on monitor offers cheap and precise warning system for critical conditions, say researchers

Added: 16 Dec 2024

A novel breathing monitor created by university and commercial partners is capable of providing a l…

Biobanks: a vital investment in precision medicine

Added: 8 Dec 2024

Despite limits in size and investment, biobanks such as Estonia’s are providing deeper understandin…

British Heart Foundation Heart Hero Awards highlight breakthrough pioneers

Added: 8 Dec 2024

Cardiovascular research pioneer professor Adam Greenstein has been awarded the prestigious Research…

Durham points the way for rapid delivery global surveys

Added: 8 Dec 2024

Durham university says it has achieved one of the highest ever response rates for a global, large s…

LLMs’ neuroscience predictions leave the experts trailing

Added: 1 Dec 2024

They’ve long since proved their effectiveness in information retrieval. Now large language models h…

Cell detectives offer clues to counter rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups 

Added: 1 Dec 2024

The body’s ‘cell detectives’ could be employed as biomarkers for one of the world’s most widespread…

Research suggests heart condition impacted by many rather than one single gene

Added: 25 Nov 2024

New research has called into question the nature of the genetic catalysts for a leading cause of he…

Scientists beat chefs to the skinniest spaghetti

Added: 25 Nov 2024

UCL scientists have ousted a renowned Sardinian pasta maker’s record for the thinnest pasta ever cr…

Lab News roundup: Honours, market reports, location moves, collaborations and research

Added: 14 Nov 2024

Diagnexia’s new histopathology laboratory in Oxford will have capacity to process 400,000 pathology…

Transparency is key to tackling drugs shortages

Added: 11 Nov 2024

However fast labs develop new therapies, the complex route to patients exacerbates shortages that c…

Life science leaders warn medicine’s Budget windfall must be supported by talent drive

Added: 11 Nov 2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget announcement of more than half a billion pounds-worth of investmen…

Data FOMO may undermine clinical trials’ ROI, Phesi warns 

Added: 11 Nov 2024

‘FOMO’ (fear of missing out) may be partly to blame for an over-collection of data that has dogged …

European Laboratory Day: an era of transformation

Added: 5 Nov 2024

European Laboratory Day, celebrated on 5 November, celebrates the vital contributions of lab profes…

Budget delivers financial heft to Labour’s science R&D promises

Added: 3 Nov 2024

The Labour government’s first Budget appeared to confirm a commitment to life sciences and research…

Global focus: the key to infectious disease control

Added: 31 Oct 2024

President of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, Professor Paul Ananth Tambyah expla…

Combating microplastics

Added: 28 Oct 2024

Microscopy techniques are used to identify and characterise microplastics, but each has limitations…