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Smart shirt technology could be used to monitor lung disease
A smart shirt that accurately measures breathing through measuring lung function by sensing movements in the chest and abdomen could be used to monitor...
Artificial skin can help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality
Soft and flexible artificial skin will lead to prototype for applications in rehabilitation and virtual and augmented reality.
Just like our senses of hearing and...
New chatbot therapist to help combat depression unveiled
A chatbot therapist to help combat depression quicker has been launched.
The bot has been launched as recent figures show that NHS patients seeking help with their...
Drug resistance tackled using new single-cell genetic method
Scientists have used a new technique to identify genetic profiles of individual cells to model a breast cancer tumour’s potential resistance to a drug.
The...
Asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs could provide a new method of treating cancer
A space-age metal that formed part of the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs could provide a new method of treating cancer tumours selectively using...
Algorithm expands ability to assess for clot-removing procedure
An algorithm can help physicians assess whether a patient would benefit from an endovascular clot-removing procedure to remove a clot blocking an artery.
Endovascular thrombectomy...
Introducing Uber Health: a medical transportation solution
Uber Health is a service that allows healthcare facilities to provide affordable and easily accessible transportation solution to patients.
The healthcare facilities can partner with...
Advanced cancer diagnostic facilities to be designed by AFL Architects
AFL Architects is set to embark on an ambitious programme of healthcare development, designing advanced cancer diagnostic facilities across the UK.
AFL was awarded the...
The New Modalities Ecosystem: a much-needed boost for rare diseases
The collaborative New Modalities Ecosystem unites academia, pharma and technology companies to drive real and meaningful progress in research and treatments for rare diseases.
IN...
Chemical modification of paper for analytical devices
Find out how light-based chemical modification protocols of paper are paving the way for paper microfluidics and lateral flow assays.
Paper-based microfluidics and lateral flow...
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to fund future research projects
22 revolutionary research projects are to receive SEK 640 Million (~€61.7 million) funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
With the aim of funding...
Proteins could be reassembled on command using a computer model
A computer model with a guided algorithm may help scientists find the precise spot to split proteins and then reassemble them to functionality.
According to...
Orion Corporation to provide better personalised treatments through ecosystem development
Orion Corporation has come together with selected university research groups and companies to develop better personalised treatments using a New Modalities Ecosystem.
Funded by Business...
A way of detecting pancreatic cancer at its earliest stages has been found
Previously, detecting pancreatic cancer has been proven to be difficult and is usually diagnosed very late in the disease progression. However, a newly developed...
Gene technology: is this a more precise method of identifying the cause of diabetes?
Decades of research with animal and cellular models have expanded the knowledge regarding molecular mechanisms producing beta-cells to dysfunction, the main cause of diabetes.
With...
Finland launches global genome data research project
FinnGen, a unique study that combines genome information with digital healthcare, has been launched by researchers in Helsinki, Finland.
The FinnGen study plans to...