Organically farmed food has greater climate impact than farmed food
Researchers have found that organically farmed food has a bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed food, due to the greater areas of land required.
A...
EIT Health focusing on digital biomarkers and mental & brain health
EIT Health aims to create new business ventures addressing the way in which mental and brain health is managed and the use of digital...
Evaluating blockchain and distributed ledger use for the NHS
Dr Stewart Southey weighs the potential benefits of blockchain and distributed ledger technology in the NHS
The past few years have seen a veritable frenzy...
Discover the progressive evolution of sex chromosomes
University of Konstanz published new findings of the evolution of sex chromosomes that ran for 30 years on the genomic mechanisms of sex determination...
Microgravity: insight into the ageing process through tissue chips
NIH-funded tissue chips are rocketed to the International Space Station, and this research in microgravity could produce new insights about the ageing process.
During space...
£10.5 million (~€11.8 million) funding provided to those affected by alcohol
Public Health England (PHE) has awarded £10.5 million funding to local projects to help improve the lives of adults and children affected by alcohol.
The...
Natural selection in womb: can this explain adulthood health problems?
Researchers propose random epigenetic differences cause embryos to survive under adverse conditions, however survivors may experience adulthood health problems.
According to the international research team...
Extracting single molecules has just been made easier
Nanoscale tweezers can perform 'biopsies' on individual cells, therefore extracting single molecules from live cells, without destroying them.
Researchers from Imperial College London, England, used...
Radiation therapy: the future of battling cancer
New accelerator-based technology developed with aim of reducing side effects of cancer radiation therapy by shrinking its duration from minutes to under a second.
Developed...
Decoding the synaptic changes of remembering and forgetting
It's a common expression to say your brain is full, but now synaptic changes shows remembering and forgetting can be based on the brain...
CRISPR-Cas9 mutations: prediction tool for gene editing
The largest study of CRISPR-Cas9 mutations to date has developed a method to predict the exact mutations CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing can introduce to a...
Have medical studies found a way to reverse ageing?
Research data from human medical studies combined with analytical approaches from physics offer a whole new concept to understand and maybe even reverse ageing.
Ageing...
Treating septic shock: Wellington and HBM invest millions in Adrenomed
Vascular integrity company, Adrenomed, announces the closing of a €24m financing led by top-tier investors Wellington and HBM, potentially being one step closer to...
People with paralysis can use brain-computer interface to control devices
Research shows brain-computer interface (BCI) allows people with paralysis to directly operate tablet/mobile devices just by thinking about making cursor movements and clicks.
Tablets, mobile...
Short life expectancy: Poorest dying nearly 10 years younger than the rich
According to the Imperial College London, the gap between short life expectancy of the richest and poorest sectors of society in England is increasing.
Researchers...
Cutting off melanoma skin cancer
Researchers have found a way to stop the spread of cancer in mice by blocking specific molecules of melanoma skin cancer.
Melanoma skin cancer tumours...
Could llama blood be the unlikely ally in producing antibody therapeutics?
Researchers have used llamas to produce new antibody therapeutics with the potential to work against all types of flu, including new pandemics.
After testing 60...
The use of pulse oximeters for assessing blood pressure
New research shows that assessing blood pressure can be done by fingertip pulse oximeters, a tool not generally used for that purpose.
Researchers at Canada's University...
Privileged access management: a crucial step for secure, digitised healthcare
Proper cybersecurity hygiene in the healthcare sector is imperative. This journey all starts with effectively managing privileged access, as CyberArk’s David Higgins explains.
The increased...
Chronic inflammation linked with various diseases & shorter life expectancy
Using new tech, researchers have discovered that chronic inflammation is linked to increased risk for shorter lifespan and several organ-related diseases.
By investigating a new...
