Nov 23, 2023 The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) awarded almost £42 million of government funding By Annabel Williams The NIHR has just recently been awarded almost £42 million of government funding to set up 14 new NIHR HealthTech Research Centres (HRCs)...
Nov 17, 2023 Looking to the future on World Prematurity Day - 17 November 2023 By Samantha Collins Today, 17 November 2023, marks an important day in my calendar each year - World Prematurity Day. A day to increase awareness of...
Nov 06, 2023 The AI doctor will see you now By Mike Williams Aline Heyerick The AI doctor will see you now, or at least take a look at your CT-scan data. Researchers at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and...
Oct 17, 2023 Preparing for National Engineering Day on 1 November 2023 By Robert Carpmael Despite being a patent attorney by profession, and thus working in the legal space, I am also a civil engineering graduate. Realising...
Oct 10, 2023 Biometrics improving train safety By Robert Carpmael As you can imagine, while train drivers operate on our railways, driver fatigue remains a problem. There are plenty of politics...
Oct 04, 2023 Brain surgery and AI By Julian Asquith Brain surgery is a risky business. Straying a millimetre in the wrong direction can be fatal to a patient. When removing a tumour, for...
Oct 02, 2023 "Octo-patch"? "Cephalo-pill"? By Gareth Williams I'm always a sucker for a cephalopod-linked story, so naturally I clicked on this one. Researchers have taken inspiration from the arms...
Sep 07, 2023 UK rejoins Horizon and Copernicus programmes By Graham Burnett-Hall In a boost to UK research that will be welcomed, not just by scientists based in the United Kingdom, but by research groups across...
Aug 29, 2023 Marks & Clerk in the news: The importance of trade mark protection for diagnostics-focused medtech businesses By M&C Newsroom In today's rapidly evolving landscape of medical technology diagnostics, businesses need to stay ahead of the game to ensure their...
Aug 17, 2023 Neuroscientists use AI to recreate music from brain activity By Julian Asquith It has long been a goal of neuroscientists to be able to create words from our thoughts alone. People who have lost the ability to speak,...
Aug 16, 2023 Scotland is a hot-bed for medical diagnostics By Paul Chapman I read with interest about Scottish Brain Sciences from Edinburgh, teaming up with global health care firm Roche Diagnostics on a series...
Aug 08, 2023 Bacteria block blood-borne bug By Gareth Williams Mosquitos, famously, top the list of the deadliest animals in the world. Now some new research suggests there may soon be another...