A Coventry University student has designed an app that aims to make it easier for people with specific dietary requirements to know what food they can eat. Third-year student Jake Sarkar used the skills he learned on his computer science course to design an app called Avoid with his friend Khaled Saker. The app allows […]
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Phage therapy to fight bacteria: New research from the University of Exeter has moved a step closer to harnessing viruses to fight bacterial infection, reducing the threat of antibiotic resistance. A growing number of infections, including pneumonia, tuberculosis, gonorrhoea, and salmonellosis, are developing antibiotic resistance, which means they becoming harder to treat, resulting in higher death […]
New international stem cell research centre offers hope for patients with incurable diseases: An up to EUR$300 million international research centre has been established across three world-leading institutions that will develop new drugs and therapies using human stem cells offering hope to patients with heart, respiratory and kidney disease, diabetes and cancer. The Novo Nordisk […]
Landmark’ biomedical engineering hub launches in London: A major new research facility in White City will drive advances in life-changing medical technologies and treatments. The Sir Michael Uren Hub – one of the world’s most significant centres for biomedical engineering – opens at Imperial College London’s White City Campus today. The state-of-the-art facility was made […]
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Younger people’s experience of the COVID-19 pandemic was shaped by their savvy use of social media platforms, navigating mis- and dis-information, subjective content loops, big-tech algorithms and emerging “splinter platforms,” a new University of Melbourne report has found. Social Media & COVID-19 – a Global Study of Digital Crisis Interaction among Gen Z and Millennials […]
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Air quality in London has improved but the ULEZ had only a small effect, finds study. London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) reduced the city’s nitrogen dioxide levels by only a few per cent, finds new Imperial College London research.The researchers say their findings highlight that ULEZs are not a silver bullet and that sustained improvements […]
i3 BioMedical Inc. achieves the fastest and most efficient “killing speed” of SARS-CoV-2. TrioMed sets the unequalled standard of superiority in Active protection worldwide. The Virucidal technology developed by i3 BioMedical Inc. was confirmed to deactivate more than 99.9% of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – on the outer surface of the TrioMed […]
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A new study by Juniper Research has found that the smart hospitals market will be worth $59 billion by 2026, up from $29 billion in 2021; representing an average annual growth of 15%. The concept of the smart hospital includes healthcare providers leveraging advanced analytics, connected devices, and healthcare platforms to improve care, productivity, and […]
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A University of Queensland start-up company, developing a potential new treatment for obesity-related liver disease, has secured a seed investment of $1.3 million from IP Group, a UK-based intellectual property business. Jetra Therapeutics Pty Ltd is developing a treatment with the potential to reverse liver damage caused by Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-alcoholic […]
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Responding to the award of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Professor David Julius and Professor Ardem Patapoutian, President of The Physiological Society, Professor David Paterson said: “On behalf of The Physiological Society I am delighted to congratulate Professor Julius and Professor Patapoutian on their Nobel Prize. “Their discoveries of receptors for temperature […]