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Environmental pollution causes 13% of deaths in Europe

According to an assessment published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), 13% of deaths in Europe are caused by environmental pollution and chemical exposure. A...

New 3D printed remote monitoring device for COVID-19 patients

EIT Digital Master School students have developed a 3D printed remote monitoring device which can measure the vital signs of COVID-19 patients to enables...

electroCore: Innovation to treat COVID-19

The team from electroCore, Inc spoke to The Innovation Platform about the gammaCore Sapphire™ device, which, although mainly used for adults who suffer from...

Innovate UK has funded new clinical trials for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Innovate UK has granted a spin-out of Cambridge University, DIOSynVax, £1.9m to begin clinical trials of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. At a microscopic level, SARS-CoV-2 has...

Newly discovered RNA function to improve treatment for arteriosclerosis

Physicians at the Heart Center of the University Hospital Bonn have revealed how communication between cells can be influenced using the protein hnRNPU, offering...

CEBINA: biotech innovation in the fight against COVID-19

Eszter Nagy, CEO and founder of CEBINA, speaks about the multifaceted activities of the Central European Biotech Incubator and Accelerator, which has joined the...

Treating women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome

The Innovation Platform spoke to Professor Sara Brucker, Executive Medical Director of the Department of Women's Health at the University Hospital and Faculty of...

New AI tool can further our understanding of tumour formation

A new Artificial Intelligence-based technology can help researchers better understand tumour formation and unravel cell signalling in response to cancer treatment. Scientists at the Institute...

New blood test can diagnose Alzheimer’s prior to cognitive impairment

Researchers have developed a new blood test to help diagnose people with Alzheimer’s disease up to 20 years before the onset of cognitive impairment. This...

Scientists develop quicker, more cost-effective COVID-19 laboratory test

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have successfully improved the speed, handling time, and cost of COVID-19 laboratory tests. This new approach could result in...

Urine tests to improve the detection of adrenal cancer

Scientists led by the University of Birmingham, UK, have significantly improved the detection of adrenal cancer using a simple urine test. Prior to this research,...

EU project to develop a bio-artificial lab-grown pancreas

Scientists from the EU-funded VANGUARD project have received €6,844,625 to develop a bio-artificial lab-grown pancreas. By developing an artificial lab-grown pancreas, the VANGUARD project aims...

Characterising glioblastoma brain cancer cells for efficient treatment

Scientists from Uppsala University have characterised how changes in glioblastoma brain cancer cells influence the effect of different drugs. Glioblastoma is a severe form of...

Water, sanitation, and hygiene – the best protection against COVID-19

How industries have evolved and production has shifted during the pandemic to help fight the virus and find new market opportunities for the protection...

The challenge of chronic pain in Europe

Mariano Votta, Director of Active Citizenship Network, speaks to The Innovation Platform about good practices to better address the societal impact of pain. Chronic pain...

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...

EU project to create a precise Alzheimer’s diagnosis instrument

This September will mark the launch of EU Horizon 2020 project DECIDE which aims to develop and launch an e-service for the early diagnosis...

Dr Ann Moen on the global influenza strategy

Dr Ann Moen, Chief of the WHO’s Influenza Preparedness & Response Unit (IPR), explains the importance of their latest strategy: the Global Influenza Strategy...

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