All Medical/Health

Lab 2050: Four pillars of transformation
Added: 7 Nov 2022
To prepare for the laboratory of the future we must ask, decades ahead, how it will look? Pistoia A…

Health data project appeals for 5 million UK volunteers
Added: 7 Nov 2022
Five million UK adults are being invited to participate in one of the largest and most ambitious he…

Global initiative aims to identify disease-linked genome variations
Added: 31 Oct 2022
A newly formed international collaborative science project created with the aim of identifying vari…

Lab Awards finalists named
Added: 26 Oct 2022
Finalists have been announced for the Lab Awards – hosted by Lab Innovations in partnership with La…

NHS unveils ‘ground breaking' non-invasive epilepsy treatment
Added: 24 Oct 2022
NHS leaders have hailed as ‘ground breaking’ a new non-invasive surgery for epilepsy.

How can AI advance laboratory research?
Added: 21 Oct 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making waves across industries, and laboratory research may be the …

Global project to measure carbon footprint of clinical trials
Added: 16 Oct 2022
A new international initiative is developing a methodology to assess the respective environmental i…

Online games and brain stimulation offers hope for combating working memory decline
Added: 16 Oct 2022
Tailored online games combined with a form of brain stimulation appear to show significant results …

Simulated trials for better real-world outcomes
Added: 10 Oct 2022
Improvements in technology, as well as data capture and analysis have increased the effectiveness o…

Professional rugby players may have greater neurodegenerative disease risk, suggests research
Added: 9 Oct 2022
Former international rugby players included in a recent health study showed risks of neurodegenerat…

Ukraine conflict leaves a hole in clinical trials enrolment in region
Added: 9 Oct 2022
Clinical trials in Ukraine and Russia have plunged by around 50% during 2022, according to the late…

Quantum, click and evolution provide Nobel Science-winning ingredients
Added: 6 Oct 2022
Quantum physics, click chemistry and evolutionary breakthroughs were the dominant themes for this y…

Knowledge is power: In silico modelling of Covid-19
Added: 3 Oct 2022
Scientific research takes time. But, as the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted, sometimes that’s a luxur…

Vitae Three Minute Thesis victor is second Kingston Uni winner in a row
Added: 30 Sep 2022
Bioengineer Sadaf Akbari beat rivals from nearly 70 universities across the UK and Ireland to win a…

Smart hearing system reads lips of masked speakers
Added: 26 Sep 2022
A hearing aid system under development employs radio frequency sensing paired with artificial intel…

MND treatment offers hope for further research on disease variants
Added: 22 Sep 2022
Treatment administered for a specific variant of motor-neurone disease (MND) has reportedly been ef…

View Nikon Small World in Motion 2022 winners
Added: 12 Sep 2022
View the amazing microscopic images of the finalists in the 2022 Nikon Small World in Motion video …

Kidney charity unveils competition for dialysis innovation
Added: 11 Sep 2022
Just weeks after a pioneering dialysis technology won a prestigious engineering award, a leading UK…

Healthcare must learn from experience to combat global challenges for patients’ sake
Added: 22 Aug 2022
With nearly one in 20 of global drug trials affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it’s essential…
Biopharma lags in harnessing digitalisation suggests report
Added: 20 Aug 2022
A study of leading UK and Irish firms in the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors reveals wide …