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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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Heart valve technology receives €2.2m from EIC pilot

Novostia, a project based on heart valve technology, have announced it will be awarded €2.5m from the European Union’s highly competitive EIC Accelerator. The EIC...

How giant viruses infect amoebae

Image analysis method from Tokyo University of Science, Japan, demonstrates how giant viruses infect amoebae. A team of researchers at Tokyo University of Science, Japan,...

Novel therapeutics using mesenchymal stem cells for treatment

The Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine performs research using mesenchymal stem/stromal cells for treatment via cell therapies and  tissue engineering strategies. Adult...

Preventing the world’s deadliest food-borne disease

For years, food safety specialists have been fighting with the prevention and eradication of Listeria in our food. But what has changed in the...

Can nanotechnology help to prevent disease?

With threats like the coronavirus and deadly influenza viruses’ scientists have created a new method of disinfecting the world around us using nanotechnology. Nanosafety researchers...

Children with cancer are more likely to have cardiovascular issues

Children with cancer who are under the age of 10 are more likely to contract congestive heart failure after receiving cancer therapy. Developments in cancer...

How animal antibiotic resistance is a threat to all

In an exclusive interview with Innovation News Network the Executive Director of HealthforAnimals, Carel du Marchie Sarvaas, discusses antibiotic resistance in animals and the...

Separating vaccine fact from vaccine fiction

Often misunderstood, the vaccine industry has received a great deal of bad press but are the claims made on social media a product of...

A videogame to treat Parkinson’s disease

Marie-Laure Welter, scientific director of the Movement and Gait Laboratory and co-director of the Brain e-Novation Laboratory in the Brain and Spine Institute, outlines...

New targets and novel biomarkers in cardiometabolic diseases

Dr Yu Wang, associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at the University of Hong Kong and State Key Laboratory Hong Kong,...

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