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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.

Cell division breakthrough reveals a hidden weakness in cancer cells

Researchers have discovered how a natural brake on cell division controls DNA replication, offering a new strategy to target cancer cells.

New UK funding tackles local inequalities in cancer screening

Local communities will benefit from major investment aimed at reducing cancer screening inequalities and catching more cancers early.

Restoring surgeons’ sense of touch with robotic fingertips

Researchers are developing robotic “fingertips” that could restore surgeons' sense of touch during minimally invasive and robotic operations.
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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A time for change: battery-less healthcare sensor platforms

Researchers have discovered a battery-less healthcare monitoring sensor platform that uses electromagnetic waves as a power source. Thanks to the progress in sensor technology, many...

Osteoarthritis: causing disability worldwide 

DFG Research Consortium, ‘ExCarBon’, explores articular cartilage and subchondral bone degeneration and regeneration in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis (OA), a whole-joint disease in which all components of...

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...

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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

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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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