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New tools for an old enemy

July 30, 2023
It’s 30 years since the World Health Organisation identified the resurgence of tuberculosis as a global public health emergency, an issue reiterated by its present head. TB drug resistance underlines...

Stopping the rot

July 23, 2023
The global cold chain is functioning but often ineptly, with consequences for food and vaccine supply worldwide. As ever, science is seeking to provide solutions.

Fulbright Award for CMU academic’s ground-breaking organ storage research

July 22, 2023
An academic from Cardiff Metropolitan University has received a prestigious Fulbright Award to enable him to research new approaches to biological preservation at Harvard University.

Depression now in Top Five most studied diseases in clinical development

July 22, 2023
Phesi’s mid-year global analysis of all clinical trials conducted to date in 2023 confirms a shift in disease focus but also a decline in clinical development productivity.

Remote robotic tech ‘could transform medical assessment in high risk situations’

July 22, 2023
Research at Sheffield University is claiming a breakthrough in robotics technology enabling remote medical treatment in high-risk emergency environments.

Yellow brick road, smart glasses and virtual assistant join semi-finalist of multimillion Longitude dementia tech competition

July 10, 2023
An augmented reality ‘yellow brick road’, smart glasses that recognise faces and a virtual speech assistant are among the 24 projects to make the semi final of the Longitude Prize...

Multimillion brain trauma investment aims to revolutionise diagnosis and treatment

July 3, 2023
The Medical Research Council has announced investment of £9.5 million towards a research platform to transform diagnosis and treatment for traumatic brain injury – a leading cause of death and...

Embrace the new

June 26, 2023
Its name harks back to a bygone era, but the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is at the forefront of enabling medical researchers and institutions to realise the...

Study reveals flu pandemics’ 20 year long tail

June 18, 2023
New analysis of historic data from the previous two centuries suggests that influenza pandemics create a heightened risk of populations dying from the disease that lasts for around two decades.

Leading ex-sample

May 22, 2023
Liverpool University spin-out ReNewVax’s goal of creating the first universal pneumococcus vaccine began with extensive library analysis and two decades of research by its parent institution, outlines Marie O’Brien.

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