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Rapid UV-C sanitisation in a single swipe

UV-C light breaks down the DNA of germs, preventing them from replicating in hospital and other settings. Discover more here.

NWO funds 5 Dutch projects €4.5m to tackle antibiotic resistance

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has allocated €4.53m to five cutting-edge research projects to combat antibiotic resistance.

Combating antimicrobial resistance in the UK and worldwide

Dr Louisa Jenkin details UKRI’s key activities contributing to UK and global efforts to drive down antimicrobial resistance.

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...

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...

Studying heart failure in muscular dystrophy patients

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time the cellular and molecular pathomechanisms of muscular dystrophy-associated cardiomyopathy. In a study recently published in Nature Communications, scientists...

NHS hospital will now be able to develop personalised medicines

Hospitals operating under the NHS will be able to utilise innovative, personalised medicines for unique cancers and diseases, following the Medicines and Medical Devices...

AI and IoT in clinical settings by medical and non-medical staff

Through the use of IoT and AI, the medical environment can be tailored to the needs of each patient. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet...

New bio-ink could serve as a scaffold to grow human tissue

Researchers have created a bio-ink made from hyaluronic acid and polyethylene glycol which could serve as a scaffold in order to grow human tissue. A...

Developing an AI enabled breast cancer detection method

A new study, published in Lancet Digital Health, shows the added value of AI-aided breast cancer detection from mammography images. The study, conducted by Korean...

Detecting epileptic foci in the human brain

Researchers at Yokohama City University, Japan, have developed a compound that helps doctors detect epileptic foci in the human brain. A radiotracer specifically binds to...

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