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Smart clothes are the new cutting edge of physio tech
Added: 7 Jul 2024
Smart phones and watches may have met their match from a surprising source when it comes to trackin…
New test could prevent major cause of sudden child deaths
Added: 11 Jun 2024
A new test designed to measure blood proteins could detect the presence of a serious heart conditio…
Fewer than one in three experts prepared for AI challenge, suggests Pistoia
Added: 13 May 2024
Less than one third of life science experts polled in a Pistoia Alliance survey say they are coping…
‘Heartphone’ tracker could revolutionise disease prevention
Added: 14 Apr 2024
The popularity of the smartphone could provide significant advances in the rate of detection of hea…
Global forum’s cash challenge to boost cardiovascular funding
Added: 7 Apr 2024
The Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF), has announced a new cash prize aimed at i…
First ever Blavatnik award wins for Heriot-Watt and Innes centre as nine share honours
Added: 21 Jan 2024
Nine scientists have shared the 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK and with it a …
First phase of Oxford’s new 1 million sq. ft lab district begins
Added: 27 Nov 2023
Laing O’Rourke will begin the initial phase of Oxford North’s £700 million new innovation district,…
AI ‘nearly twice as accurate’ as biopsies at grading some sarcomas
Added: 6 Nov 2023
Tests comparing artificial intelligence and standard biopsies revealed that AI had an 86% greater s…
Universities share UKRI ‘s £13 mill AI for health fund
Added: 13 Aug 2023
Secretary of State for Science and Technology Michelle Donelan announced £13 million-worth of fundi…
Multimillion brain trauma investment aims to revolutionise diagnosis and treatment
Added: 3 Jul 2023
The Medical Research Council has announced investment of £9.5 million towards a research platform t…
Bial Foundation €0.3 million prize seeks winner to follow mRNA pioneers
Added: 28 Apr 2023
Nominations have opened for one of Europe’s biggest health industry awards, Portugal’s €300,000 BIA…
Royal Assent opens door to gene edited food in UK
Added: 29 Mar 2023
The granting of Royal Assent for the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act has finally opened…
Bids process to share in £3 million Cystic Fibrosis funds opens
Added: 20 Mar 2023
Applications are invited for a share of £3 million investment to accelerate the development of new …
UK biotech investment plunges 60% from previous year's all-time high
Added: 29 Jan 2023
UK biotech investment for 2022 dropped from the previous year’s all-time record, reveals the latest…
Medicines Discovery Catapult and SMi gain funding for ‘one second’ biomarker technology
Added: 29 Jan 2023
A project that aims to detect several cancer-associated biomarkers from a single blood sample in un…
UK’s second largest biobank eyes 1 million samples in first year
Added: 15 Jan 2023
BioGrad is set to open the country's second largest biobank facility within a £7.6 million investme…
Northern Ireland launches joined up diagnostics programme
Added: 11 Dec 2022
Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care service will combine millions of digital patient images i…
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…
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…
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 …
