Advances in syringe technologies open up new opportunities
Interest in the convenience and safety of pre-filled syringes is growing to the extent that some commentators are suggesting they will largely replace the traditional syringe for standard medical care.
The technology has been around...
Crime Scene – International efforts target improvements in food safety
Food safety has never been higher on the international agenda as understanding the impact of what we eat on our health becomes ever more important.
As debates rage about the potential damage caused by the...
New treatment option for ‘wake-up’ stroke patients
Detail revealed in MRI brain scans can help doctors accurately deduce when a stroke begins, according to new research, allowing treatment for many patients who currently cannot receive it.
The findings could help to better...
UK Institute to harness disruptive technology to transform drug discovery
Business Secretary Greg Clark has announced funding for a series of ambitious technology projects that will transform the way medicines are discovered, enabling the pharmaceutical industry to develop groundbreaking drugs faster, cheaper and better...
Breaking through cardiovascular disease
Professor Metin Avkiran, Associate Medical Director at the British Heart Foundation (BHF) explains the work they are doing to find the next breakthrough treatment for cardiovascular disease.
Since the BHF was formed over 50 years...
Remarkable breakthroughs that herald the age of bionics
He was one of the television hits of the 1970s, the Six Million Dollar Man with his super-enhanced vision and reconstructed bionic limbs that that allowed him to run at incredible speeds and jump...
Not gone, not forgotten..
The penny finally drops as politicians pledge support for dementia research
Ironically, given that it is one of the planet’s biggest illnesses, dementia also appeared to creep up on world leaders more focused on other...
In the picture
For many years, research into dementia has thrown up as many questions as it has answers. Now, a new project is seeking to change that and at its heart lies the rapidly-advancing science of...
Out of this world
At first glance, one of the most stunning achievements in space exploration, an investigation into rickets in sailors who died 470 years ago and cutting-edge cancer research may appear to have little in common.
However,...
Research offers hope to diabetes sufferers
The insulin-producing cells in the pancreas play a crucial role in the management of our blood sugar levels. If they don’t work properly, the body can no longer cope with glucose.
New imaging techniques developed...
Drug delivery market witnesses significant growth
Developing new ways of delivering drugs has become big business with companies now investing many millions of pounds in seeking the next big breakthrough.
Indeed, market analysts Mordor Intelligence estimates in a new report that the...
Better understanding of immunology offers hope for the future
Recent years have seen dramatic strides being taken in the science of immunology – the capacity to direct the body’s natural defences against specific illnesses and conditions.
So dramatic have the strides been that scientists’...
Will Man ever run the 100m in less than nine seconds? *
It is never easy to run 100m in less than ten seconds, as the recent Commonwealth Games demonstrated. However, as the world record stands at 9.58 seconds, the attention in recent years has turned...
The benefits of government apprenticeship reforms to employers
Apprenticeships offer employers large and small a fantastic opportunity to get the skilled workforce they need to grow their business.
There are hundreds of thousands of employers up and down the country that are already...
Creating an encyclopaedia of mammalian gene function
The International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) is working to provide freely available information about the function of every gene in the mouse genome, based on the focused efforts of its 18 member organisations.
Understanding health...
Inhaler technology developing all the time
For many years, respiratory diseases have been treated with drugs delivered via inhalers.
Sufferers from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are extremely familiar with the technique but research is now advanced on using...