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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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Why 5G enabled healthcare is important for patients and spatial computing
By empowering new tools, 5G enabled healthcare may help aid in caring for patients and preparing for complex medical procedures.
While augmented reality (AR), virtual...
NHS medtech provider teams with cannabis group to ease patient access
The newplatform, delivered by an NHS medtech solutions provider, aims to digitalise the cannabis industry to help ease patient access.
An NHS medical technology provider...
Water-soluble delivery system improves CBD bioavailability and strength
A company has filed a patent for a technology that will help delivery of fat-soluble medications, including CBD.
Holista CollTech has filed its 100%-owned global...
Breakthrough epigenomic technology can help to combat disease
Much remains unknown about diseases and the way our bodies respond to them, in part because the human genome is the complete DNA assembly...
Shaping the digital transformation of imaging technologies
Healthcare systems are complex – demanding solutions to streamline operations and reduce care costs.
Intelligent imaging technologies, digital health technology and connected interventional solutions enable...
Artificial Intelligence has potential to transform gene therapy
New research demonstrates the power of a comprehensive machine-guided approach to engineer improved capsids for gene therapy delivery.
The research, Comprehensive AAV capsid fitness landscape...
DRS imaging technique can characterise healthy and non-healthy tissue
Research cites 92 studies that assert intra-surgery feasibility of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy.
The results of the review, in which diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS imaging technique)...
Imaging study provides insights on functional neurological disorder
Individuals with functional neurological disorder (FND) have symptoms not explained by traditional neurological conditions.
New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and...
Would Virtual Reality make attending therapy easier for stroke survivors?
Researchers have created a virtual reality clinic to make it easier for stroke survivors to attend their physical and occupational therapy sessions.
Results from a...
Can we use smartphones to detect mental and physical stress?
New technologies are transforming healthcare, and smartphones may offer a new solution for detecting mental and physical stress.
A team led by Professor Enrico Caiani...
Artificial Intelligence can design new TB drug regimens
Despite the availability of TB vaccines, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2018.
With a shortage of new tuberculosis drugs in the pipeline, a...
EESC warns Artificial Intelligence must benefit everybody
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is adopting a firm stance on Artificial Intelligence.
The EESC has insisted that Artificial Intelligence must benefit everyone...
AI in psychiatry: detecting mental illness with artificial intelligence
Advances in AI has allowed for computers to help doctors in diagnosing disease and help monitor patients’ vital signs from any location.
A team of...
Using VR in hospitals instead of anaesthetic to reduce pain in children
The use of Virtual Reality (VR) in hospitals in place of general anaesthetics to alleviate pain for young patients is being trialled in hundreds...
Retinal imaging technology for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease
A new breakthrough technology could help early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
This innovative imaging technology – retinal hyperspectral imaging – allows for the analysis of...