Global opioid stewardship and managing chronic pain in children
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines for managing chronic pain in children and highlighted the importance of opioid stewardship to address...
Valneva COVID-19 vaccine production begins in Scotland
Vaccine company Valneva has begun manufacturing of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.
The UK government made a joint multi-million pound investment...
Scale up of healthcare innovations for low- and middle-income countries
A strategic Collaborative Agreement to support the scaling up of healthcare innovations in low- and middle-income countries has been signed between the World Health...
Breakthrough to target care for deadly hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery of new genetic faults in patients living with the deadly heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) which could help...
UK offers genomics expertise to find new COVID-19 variants
The UK will be using its world-leading genomic expertise to help countries who do not have the resources to identify new variants of coronavirus.
Countries...
UVC disinfection robots launched to keep spaces safe
Swansea-based Evolve Raybotix has launched UVC disinfection robots in the UK in response to the increasing focus on keeping spaces safe
Technological innovation is responsible...
New study to investigate COVID-19 links to hearing loss
A major UK study is set to launch that will investigate the possible long-term impact of COVID-19 on hearing.
The one year study, led by...
Automated handwashing technology: the future of hand hygiene
CleanTech: automated handwashing technology that removes 99.9% of pathogens, reduces risk of infection, and improves hand hygiene performance
Khiron extends medical cannabis expertise from Latin America to Europe
Khiron extends expertise towards the growing EU medical cannabis market.
Khiron Life Sciences is a patient-focused, global health and wellness company capitalising on the fast-growing...
Parkinson’s Disease patients report benefits of using medical cannabis
Over half of medical cannabis patients with Parkinson’s Disease have reported clinical benefits when using the products for their condition.
According to a new survey,...
Lateral flow rapid tests: a solution for future infectious disease testing
Abingdon Health explores why the use of lateral flow rapid tests during the COVID-19 pandemic may benefit future testing programmes
Ozone disinfection technology for indoor spaces
The STERISAFE PRO delivers safe, consistent, reliable whole-room disinfection.
Repeatability of results is one of the current challenges in disinfection, especially in healthcare facilities. While...
AIDA Diagnostics: when blood meets Artificial Intelligence
AIDA Diagnostics presents an AI-powered smart assistant to enable crucial decision-making in blood transfusions.
Two young doctors set out with one dream: to help themselves...
Oval Medical Technologies – Meeting the challenge of delivering high volume biologic therapies
The development of new biologic drugs and enabling a flexible autoinjector platform for the delivery of high viscosity or high-volume biologic formulations.
Remote blood pressure management effective and low-cost
Remote monitoring of blood pressure can offer personalised support and can result in better hypertension management than face-to-face consultations according to a new study.
A...
Machine learning identifies type of autism with 100% accuracy
Researchers have used machine learning to identify patterns of maternal autoantibodies associated with autism, predicting a type of autism in offspring with 100% accuracy.
The...
Investigating bacteria behind hospital infections with SMART Designs Tool
A new tool has been developed using SMART CRISPRi technology which is designed to help identify and tackle causes of E. faecalis-related diseases and...
Health of women and children affected by armed conflict not addressed
New estimates have revealed that the health needs of 630 million women and children affected by armed conflict across the globe are not being...
A novel treatment for cytokine storm
Tetra Bio-Pharma’s drug ARDS-003 has been cleared by the FDA for human trials to target sepsis and ARDS.
IT has been months in the making,...
Exercising muscle helps to combat chronic inflammation
A new study has shown that human muscle can ward off the damaging effects of chronic inflammation when exercised.
Carried out by biomedical engineers at...