2/19/2025 1:11:38 PM How will the Trump administration affect the UK biotech industry? By Sophie Topham Gareth Williams Donald Trump’s return to the White House has brought with it some fast-paced changes to global politics and markets, and the biotech...
1/14/2025 1:45:58 PM Is People Friendly the way to un(Ray)Ban the Metaverse? By Graham McGlashan I was interested to read this article on the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. After years of complex and bulky AR headsets, these have...
1/7/2025 10:28:38 AM Do I need a booster vaccination? By Paul Chapman Vaccines are known to be highly effective. For measles, mumps and rubella vaccines, about 95 out of 100 people vaccinated will be...
12/19/2024 4:26:54 PM Addressing bias in AI healthcare models — could it be patentable? By Eric McNeil A recent article in The Lancet highlights an important challenge facing developers of AI-powered healthcare solutions: so-called...
12/9/2024 9:02:59 AM Can AI help in the treatment of sepsis and reduction of antimicrobial resistance? By Martin Hyden Bloodstream infection (BSI) such as sepsis can be difficult to detect at an early stage. The laboratory tests to determine BSI can take...
10/14/2024 9:21:52 AM Earbuds as Hearing Aids By Duncan White According to an article in the Guardian, Apple's Airpods (RTM) can be used as hearing aids. And not just as a gimmick, but clinically...
10/9/2024 2:52:11 PM 3D-printed death capsule By Mitasha Bharadwaj The famous Star Trek-styled 3D-printed coffin, Sarco Pod, is facing another controversy. The famous Australian physician Dr Philip...
10/3/2024 11:00:26 AM New blood vessel scanner with the ability to image in real time By Annabel Williams A new handheld scanner uses photoacoustic tomography (PAT) to produce highly detailed imaging scans in real time. The new scanner will...
8/28/2024 10:49:20 AM Coming soon: robots for injecting into the human body By Annabel Williams Exciting times ahead. A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a cell-sized battery that works by...
8/15/2024 8:22:22 AM Combatting antimicrobial resistance By Gareth Williams Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is one of the major current health concerns. Resistant strains which have emerged recently include...
8/1/2024 1:11:06 PM Video processing and AI provide new way to track Parkinson's disease progression By Patrick Scott Virtually all areas of innovation have been touched by artificial intelligence, and medical technology is no exception. In recent...
7/24/2024 11:08:41 AM Taking Charge of Our Health: Medical Wearables By Kameel Kaur Bassi Medical wearables have come a long way from the traditional fitness trackers and heart rate monitors that first flooded the market. From...