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Meta analysis confirms comorbidity increases risk for COVID patients

March 31, 2021
New research shows how comorbidities increase risks for COVID patients following a review of more than fifty studies involving over 100,000 patients. Comorbidities such as heart disease, respiratory disease, renal...

Machine learning plus vital signs provides objective patient pain levels

March 18, 2021
Describing pain from zero to ten is currently as good as it gets on the hospital floor when it comes to understanding a patient's pain levels and is very subjective....

Tracking mosquito flight patterns in 3D using digital holography and mathematics

March 12, 2021
Researchers have been asked to use large field-of-view digital holography to accurately apply 3D tracking to mosquito flight. By capturing the diffraction pattern of mosquitoes in a telecentric volume, the...

Bringing DNA sequencing to the frontlines in the fight against anti-microbial resistance

March 10, 2021
The future may see DNA sequencing as a routine bacterial diagnostic technique in hospitals and clinical care settings. An interdisciplinary network of academics and industry experts aim to bring the...

Towards ‘Zero Leprosy’ – model shows 40 million people need preventive treatment

March 5, 2021
As the world considers strategies towards 'Zero COVID', research specialists also continue to work on eliminating the many other infectious diseases we have learned to 'live with'. Now, new research...

Ultra-high definition predictive brain tool to guide surgery in drug-resistant epilepsy patients

February 25, 2021
A third of epilepsy cases are drug resistant and removal of the area of the brain where seizures emerge is the only treatment option. Now, a new tool offering high...

UK gov to launch Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA)

February 23, 2021
As part of its plans to cement the UK’s position as a global science superpower and build back better through innovation, the government plans to emulate high risk, high reward...

Scent detection dogs can smell COVID-19

February 12, 2021
A promising approach using cleverly trained pooches might bring big, public events back into play! A research review has suggested scent detection dogs might well be able to successsfully screen...

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