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The latest health news from organisations working in the medical science sector to explore and develop effective new techniques for the delivery of cutting edge healthcare.

Groundbreaking £50m UK centre set to overhaul clinical trials

A new initiative aims to accelerate clinical trials of new medicines for improved patient care. Find out more here.

Researchers find promising way to boost immune response to cancer

Researchers used specially engineered multi-pronged antibodies to better activate immune response to cancer-killing T cells.

ShanX Medtech secures €24m to transform 1-hour antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing from ShanX Medtech promises 1-hour, point-of-care antibiotic diagnostics following a €24m funding boost.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 global targets designed to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all by 2030. Our latest health news includes updates from organisations looking to tackle Goal 3 and Goal 10.

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Is there still room for innovation for breast implants?

Dr Karine Anselme and Professor Maxence Bigerelle’s groups are continuing to collaborate with clinicians and companies in the development of more biocompatible and safe...

CUTISS on the challenges and opportunities in regenerative therapy

CUTISS’ CEO Dr Daniela Marino explains the current challenges and opportunities in regenerative therapy for burn victims and patients with skin defects. Skin is the...

Medical electrospinning: it’s time to become more engaged

‘It's not the sky that is the limit, it's your imagination’: Managing Director of IME Medical Electrospinning speaks about the possibilities of medical electrospinning. Electrospinning...

Decision sciences: tools to foster value-based health care

Did you know that at the Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal, decision sciences are used to develop tools to promote...

The biocompatibility of titanium nickelide for medical implants

A team of physicists are now studying the biocompatibility of an innovative porous material, based on titanium nickelide (TiNi), with human tissue for medical...

New tech to reduce cost and carbon footprint of anaesthesia

An award winning innovation within the anaesthesia industry has been launched at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, after reports that it reduces both cost and...

Personalised, automated tissue therapy by CUTISS

CUTISS’ CEO Dr Daniela Marino discusses the current challenges and opportunities in regenerative therapy. Skin is the largest organ in the human body, composed mainly...

The García-Sastre laboratory: conquering the diseases of the 21st century 

The García-Sastre laboratory focuses on viral host-pathogen interactions, vaccines, anti-viral drug development and cancer viroimmunotherapy to address global health threats. In 1918 when WW1 was...

Preventing hip fractures in Hong Kong’s older population

For almost a decade, the MrMs. Os Hong Kong cohort study has been examining the risk factors of fragility fractures in 4,000 men and...

Inhaled chemotherapy: changing the face of lung cancer treatment

InhaTarget Therapeutics speaks to The Innovation Platform about their promising preclinical efficacy data on CIS-DPI product combined with ICIs. In December 2018, we presented our...

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A research team from Hiroshima University has discovered a link between mycobacteria and red blood cells at lung infection sites. What are mycobacteria? Mycobacteria are a...

Novel eye scanner technology targets neurodegenerative diseases

Scientists have developed novel eye scanner technology that has the potential to detect neurogenerative diseases at their very early stages. In a large-scale EU project,...

Revolutionary footwear technology to prevent diabetic foot ulcers

A research team from the University of Texas (UTA) has developed a self-adjusting shoe insole to relieve pressure from diabetic foot ulcers. Diabetic foot ulcers...

Scientists develop novel immunotherapy for colon cancer

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