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Defence Therapeutics technology holds promise for future cancer therapy
Canadian biotechnology company Defence Therapeutics has developed a new generation platform technology that offers hope for future cancer therapy.
Defence Therapeutics’ ACCUM™ technology can be...
UK patients want access to mental health services and green spaces
A recent YouGov survey commission by NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has revealed that over one third of British patients want access to mental health...
LifeVac Europe and the fight against choking deaths
LifeVac is on a mission to save lives by improving basic lifesaving choking protocols.
LifeVac has now helped save over 152 lives in a choking...
Exploring innovation in the cannabis sector
Volteface Head of Strategy Katya Kowalski tells HEQ about innovation and advocacy around cannabis.
UK-based advocacy organisation Volteface aims to promote evidence-based drug policy and...
Defence therapeutics vaccine against cancer makes progress
Defence Therapeutics has recently reported its first successes in the fight against cancer with a vaccine.
Defence Therapeutics is a Canadian scientific pioneer, uncovering enhanced...
Neurosteer: Advancing EEG into the 21st Century
Neurosteer has developed the first ever remote brain activity monitoring, assessment and neurofeedback platform that will bring the century-old electroencephalogram (EEG) into the 21st...
Securing COVID-19 vaccine certificates with distributed ledger
Alex Fryer at Zebra Technologies discusses global vaccine certification systems combined with the use of distributed ledger technology to improve data security and prevent...
The world’s first automated hydration tracking system
Rebecca Taylor, CEO and Founder of Aquarate, explains the importance of hydration and introduces the new Hydracare system.
Hydration is a key aspect of elderly...
Improving healthcare facilities with Location-Based Services
Real Time Location Services provider Quuppa explores the potential impact of adopting location tracking technologies in clinical settings.
COVID-19 has placed global healthcare systems under...
NHS Innovation Accelerator drives technological development
The award-winning NHS Innovation Accelerator is providing support for promising innovators to enable them to scale up across the English healthcare system.
Since its launch...
Preserving muscle mass in COVID-19 patients with electronic stockings
A team of researchers has developed electronic support stockings that have proven to be effective at counteracting a significant loss of muscle mass.
A team...
On-chip PCR test enables ultrafast point-of-care diagnosis
An ultrafast, on-chip PCR test has been developed that enables fast, point-of-care diagnosis, and could speed diagnosis during current and future pandemics.
A team of...
Digital tool will reduce the cost of developing new medicines
A new digital tool is being rolled out in the UK that will make developing medicines cheaper, safer, and faster.
In a vital step for...
Revolutionising blood sampling with digitisation
EIT Health-backed startup S4DX has announced the successful closing of €5m in series A fundraising for its “digital human blood sample fingerprint”.
S4DX has developed...
Using RNA sequencing to prepare for the next pandemic
A team of researchers has designed a testing protocol for SARS-CoV-2 that can process tens of thousands of samples – potentially helping to prevent...
New technology eliminates tumours and could deliver COVID-19 therapies
A newly developed technology that helps to eliminate tumours could also reduce the side effects of cancer therapy and better deliver COVID-19 therapies to...
Newly developed material protects against resistant bacteria
A team of researchers has developed a new material that protects against resistant bacteria, preventing wounds from becoming infected.
The team at Chalmers University of...
Psilocybin-assisted therapy for mental health: a new paradigm?
We are living through a mental health crisis. Existing treatments barely scratch the surface of the problem, and have not translated into real-world benefit...
Understanding ultra-low freezers with B Medical Systems
Ultra-low freezers, or ULTs, are special freezers built to reach extremely low temperatures. These products can easily reach a temperature of -86°C but can...
How smart monitoring technologies and AI optimise patient safety
How smart monitoring technologies and AI help healthcare professionals predict adverse outcomes before they happen in the perioperative care pathway.
In Europe, 2.4 million patients...