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Innovation in maintaining the welfare of cleaner fish

SeaNest’s Trond Marøy and Espen Øvreeide discuss how they have optimised the habitat of cleaner fish to enhance their health and wellbeing

Innovation in osteochondral scaffold for early intervention of osteoarthritis

By finding a way to treat patients at an early stage of cartilage damage we could delay or avoid the need for a total joint replacement.

Advanced biomedical materials research

Biomedical materials have advanced dramatically over the last 50 years and continue to evolve today. The goal at the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Advanced Biomedical Materials is to train an interdisciplinary cohort of students to compete in this global field.

Transforming ocean plastic waste into a sustainable material

Tide Ocean transforms ocean plastic waste into an award-winning, sustainable raw material, providing a circular solution to the plastic world that has a significant...

The evolution of the spine and intervertebral disk

Dr Tanja Wintrich and Professor Dr P Martin Sander from the University of Bonn’s Paleontology Department discuss dinosaurs, sea monsters, the evolution of the spine and intervertebral disk and the lessons learned for biomedical research

How silkworm models can help develop new anti-diabetic drugs

Yasuhiko Matsumoto of Meiji Pharmaceutical University has identified silkworms as an insect disease model for a new anti-diabetic drugs.

Regenerating musculoskeletal tissues

Dr Warren L Grayson outlines the work taking place at his lab at the Johns Hopkins’ Translational Tissue Engineering Center in regenerating musculoskeletal tissues, from treating skeletal muscle loss to 3D-printing bioactive scaffolds with precise anatomic geometries

REVIVO BioSystems: transforming the in vitro research market

Revivo Biosystems’ organ-on-a-chip platforms enables future targeted developments for the chemical and personal care, transforming in vitro research.

Cornish Lithium uses innovation to extract vital battery metals

Cornish Lithium is using modern technology to evaluate the potential to responsibly extract vital battery metals in Cornwall, UK, from both geothermal waters and the rocks which underlie the county.

Facilitating refugee and migrant health and wellbeing in Europe

The Circle of Health, a community-oriented approach to health promotion, opens new doors in refugee and migrant health and wellbeing

Wood protection technology draws inspiration from Nature

Herje Boström, Founder of Sioo Wood Protection AB, outlines his Nature-inspired wood protection technology and some of its varied applications, from decks and docks...

Wastewater-based epidemiology could help in the fight against COVID-19

Hokkaido University Assistant Professor Masaaki Kitajima and Ryo Iwamoto from Shionogi & Co Ltd are developing an innovative early warning and mass diagnosis system...

Exploring matter 10 microseconds after the Big Bang

Professor John W Harris, from Yale University’s Department of Physics, discusses how a better understanding of what happened immediately after the Big Bang could...

Physical activity and health in older people

A cohort study in Hong Kong has examined the ways in which physical activity interacts with health and fitness. Physical activity (PA) is a very...

New peptide capable of changing the physical structure of cancer cells

The Max Planck Institute outline how their lab has designed a new peptide capable of changing the physical structure of cancer cells.

Nanocellulose: a bio-based solution for capturing microplastics

VTT Senior Scientist Suvi Arola and Research Professor Tekla Tammelin discuss their research into how nanocellulose can be used to capture microplastics and nanoplastics...

B4PLASTICS – innovation in ecological plastics

Stefaan De Wildeman, founder of Belgian tech company B4PLASTICS, outlines how its innovative eco plastics are enabling the evolution from traditional fossil-based plastics

Understanding the aggressive spread of prostate cancer cells

A five-year study into the mechanisms by which cancer cells become mobile and start spreading has implications for the way in which aggressive prostate...

Nanoparticle-based 2D thermal bioimaging technologies

The Horizon 2020 FET-OPEN-funded project NanoTBTech is leading the way to new thermal bioimaging technologies. Temperature measurements for biomedical technology have a two-pronged promise to...

Making the Sustainable Development Goals a reality

Dr Guy Schumann, CEO and Principal Scientist at RSS-Hydro Sarl-S, argues that more businesses need to include the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in their...

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