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ViroteaVR: virtually exploring the world

ViroteaVR: virtually exploring the world

Ivan Perlesi, founder of Virotea, tells HEQ about the benefits of VR in care. Swedish technology innovator Virotea has developed a pioneering virtual reality (VR)...
Advancing regenerative medicine and tissue engineering with keratin

Advancing regenerative medicine and tissue engineering with keratin

Researchers have developed a simple method for preparing 3D keratin scaffold models to use in tissue engineering. The researchers, from the Mossakowski Medical Research Center...
Rewinding the clock: stem cell technology can rejuvenate old human cells

Rewinding the clock: stem cell technology can rejuvenate old human cells

Scientists have used stem cell technology to restore old human cells to a more youthful and vigorous state. Old human cells return to a more...
The Wellcome Trust’s battle to turn COVID-19 to COVID-Zero

The Wellcome Trust’s battle to turn COVID-19 to COVID-Zero

COVID-19 is a global crisis – but a solvable one. The Wellcome Trust is inviting businesses to donate a percentage of funds to help...
How Artificial Intelligence is helping the fight against COVID-19

How Artificial Intelligence is helping the fight against COVID-19

A new, experimental Artificial Intelligence tool is helping in the fight against COVID-19 by predicting which patients may develop respiratory disease from the virus. The...
COVID-19 research may be on the horizon with the help of Cerebriu

COVID-19 research may be on the horizon with the help of Cerebriu

Cerebriu has entered a COVID-19 research deal with the aim to create a model for estimating the risk of newly diagnosed patients of needing...
Heat map of COVID-19 symptoms created by heath and data scientists

Heat map of COVID-19 symptoms created by heath and data scientists

A new, publicly available heat map of people with COVID-19 symptoms in the UK has been created by health and data scientists. Health and data...
Using virtual reality to ease pain from phantom limbs

Using virtual reality to ease pain from phantom limbs

A new test using virtual reality can help to ease the pain from phantom limbs by tricking the brain. The new test, using virtual reality...
Jodapro: bringing fast medical diagnosis to emergency response teams

Jodapro: bringing fast medical diagnosis to emergency response teams

Introducing Jodapro, the Norwegian company that provides a secure video solution for pre-hospital services – bringing speedy medical diagnosis to those requiring urgent medical...
Treatment for concussions could be as simple as cooling the brain

Treatment for concussions could be as simple as cooling the brain

Cooling the brain could be a viable treatment for concussions in the future according to new research. The study, conducted by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers,...
New AI tool helps medical professionals with diagnosing skin conditions

New AI tool helps medical professionals with diagnosing skin conditions

A new Artificial Intelligence tool has been developed that can help medical professionals with diagnosing skin conditions. A new deep learning-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm...
Pioneering health technology: Cerebriu announced first place of Innovation Challenge

Pioneering health technology: Cerebriu announced first place of Innovation Challenge

Danish health technology company, Cerebriu, was announced first place of top three winners of the Digital RESI ‘Europe’ Innovation Challenge by investors across the...
Virotea: virtual reality for seniors and elderly care

Virotea: virtual reality for seniors and elderly care

Have you ever wondered how beneficial virtual reality for seniors could be? Learn how Virotea VR have created a service specially designed for the...
Horizon 2020 collaboration to develop COVID-19 vaccine

Horizon 2020 collaboration to develop COVID-19 vaccine

OPENCORONA consortium has been awarded €3m funding by Horizon 2020 to support emergency research and development against the COVID-19 outbreak, aiming to develop a...
Study offers insight into treatment of sepsis and chemotherapy damage

Study offers insight into treatment of sepsis and chemotherapy damage

In a new study, researchers have made significant advances towards devising a novel treatment for sepsis, which they believe could also be extended to...
New method facilitates medical technology transition from lab to market

New method facilitates medical technology transition from lab to market

Despite the pace of innovation in the field of medtech, many medical technologies never make it out of the laboratory. Advances in materials, microfabrication and...
Cerebriu: Danish health technology providing shorter waiting times in hospitals

Cerebriu: Danish health technology providing shorter waiting times in hospitals

Introducing Cerebriu, the Danish company striving to improve workflow efficiency, quality and patient outcomes through pioneering health technology. New technology introduced by Cerebriu has been...
New imaging method sheds light on Alzheimer's disease

New imaging method sheds light on Alzheimer’s disease

A new imaging technology method has been tested to help shed light on Alzheimer's disease. Researchers have tested a new imaging technology method to study...
Revolutionising cancer biopsies with crumpled graphene biosensors

Revolutionising cancer biopsies with crumpled graphene biosensors

Graphene-based biosensors could usher in an era of cancer liquid biopsies after a new study has shown that crumpled graphene is highly sensitive to...
Telehealth services experiencing an explosion of demand due to the coronavirus

Telehealth services experiencing an explosion of demand due to the coronavirus

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, across the world many telehealth services are witnessing a surge in patients as hospitals attempt to veer care...

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