Northumbria University is taking forward ambitious plans to develop its Centre for Health and Social Equity after being awarded £5.8 million by the Office for Students. The Centre, known as CHASE, will bring together academics working on health, social care, education, wellbeing and equity issues across the University’s City and Coach Lane Campuses into one […]
An innovative digital laboratory will be created at Coventry University to further help students learn the in-demand skills needed within the healthcare and engineering sectors. The Precision Digital Manufacturing and Healthcare Technology Lab has been awarded £5million from the Office for Students (OfS) and will be equipped with industry standard digital technologies such as 3D […]
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A campaign promoting the role of better building ventilation to support health and wellbeing has been launched by a coalition of scientists and engineering bodies. The overarching theme is ‘Improving Ventilation for a Healthier World’. The campaign will showcase powerful scientific and practical evidence demonstrating how good ventilation can reduce exposure to air pollutants and […]
Stem-cell derived kidneys could improve disease research and treatment: A key advance in growing stem-cell-derived kidneys in the laboratory could improve disease research and treatment for children with kidney disease, according to a new Murdoch Children’s Research Institute-led study. The findings, which were published in Nature Communications, showed that a new stem-cell technique developed by Murdoch […]
Researchers from the University of Glasgow are leading a new international project which aims to provide Sub-Saharan Africa with portable, reliable and affordable methods to diagnose diseases. The Digital Innovations and Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases in Africa project, or Didida, brings together 14 partners from eight countries: Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Kingdom, France, […]
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Eat apples and drink tea for good health: First nutritional guideline of its kind says an apple a day really can keep the doctor away. The first dietary recommendation for a type of plant compound that is not a vitamin – flavan-3-ols, found in tea, berries, apples, grapes and cocoa – is now available. Dietary […]
A new technique to improve the coating of nanoparticles used in cancer therapy may enhance tumour targeting, a new study carried out in collaboration between the University of Eastern Finland and Anhui Medical University in China concludes. Tumour targeting is a prerequisite for effective cancer therapy because it enhances the therapeutic outcome and decreases adverse […]
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A finger-prick blood test can identify people most at risk of being reinfected with COVID-19. The simple test, developed by a small biotech firm based in Cardiff (ImmunoServ Ltd) in close collaboration with Cardiff University researchers, measures the presence of immune T cells that can recognise SARS-CoV-2. Over 300 volunteers were recruited from across the UK […]
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Malignant tumours in the head and neck region are very heterogeneous and therefore difficult to treat. In addition, the lack of prognostic markers is a significant impediment to personalised treatment. A joint study by MedUni Vienna and the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Applied Metabolomics focused on the development and identification of specific markers to improve […]
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Coventry University Group is launching the new Coventry University Research Institute Europe (CURIE), with the ambition of broadening the scope of its campus in Poland to undertake challenge-led research. Over time, local scientists and researchers will work with collaborators in Poland and across Europe, to help to resolve global issues such as clean growth and […]
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