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AI-based smartphone app can predict user’s health risks
Researchers have developed AI based data analysis methods used in a smartphone app which can estimate its users' health risks...
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Drug discovery research is funded primarily by government and by philanthropic groups. Later development is funded mainly by pharmaceutical companies.
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Nose2Brain – project to improve Multiple Sclerosis therapy
Medically active substances are usually distributed via the blood – either directly or indirectly. In many diseases, however, it is vital to transport the active substance as efficiently as possible to the required target site. This is the case for diseases of the central nervous system, so the treatment of…
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Link discovered between immune system, brain structure and memory
The body's immune system performs essential functions, such as defending against bacteria and cancer cells. However, the human brain is separated from immune cells in the bloodstream by the so-called blood-brain barrier. This barrier protects the brain from pathogens and toxins circulating in the blood, while also dividing the immune…
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Removing old cells could extend joint health & stop osteoarthritis
In a preclinical study in mice and human cells, researchers report that selectively removing old or 'senescent' cells from joints could stop and even reverse the progression of osteoarthritis.
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Tracking unstable chromosomes helps predict lung cancer’s return
Scientists have found that unstable chromosomes within lung tumours increases the risk of cancer returning after surgery, and have used this new knowledge to detect relapse long before standard testing.
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UK institutes sign global educational partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières
The collaboration focuses on the delivery of an educational programme consisting of a suite of flexible Master’s level professional courses including short ones and a full Master’s programme.
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Microdermics closes $1 Million funding to replace hypodermic needles
Microdermics has completed its $1 million financing round, which was oversubscribed and received robust global interest.
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Obesity behind surge in kidney cancers
Kidney cancer rates have increased by 40% over the last 10 years in the UK, and the rise is expected to continue. An estimated 20,000 kidney cancer cases have been caused by obesity over the last decade in England, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK.
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Mobile health company Wellmo raises €1.3 million in funding
The market of preventive digital health services is estimated to be worth several billion euros in the near future.
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Creating the ‘google earth’ of tumours
We caught up with Dr Josephine Bunch to find out how NPL are using the Cancer Research Grand Challenge funding & novel imaging techniques to map cancer tumours...
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Plasticell and Kings College London to collaborate in trials of blood platelet substitute
Over 10 million units of platelets are transfused worldwide each year in one of the most common procedures in clinical medicine. However, platelets derived from human donors can transmit infections and trigger serious immune reactions that eventually render the therapy ineffective (a condition known as alloimmune refractoriness). In addition, since…
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£2.5 million Cancer Research UK collaboration to target ‘undruggable’ RAS
Scientists will develop and test promising new molecules for targeting RAS, one of the most common driving mutations in aggressive, hard to treat cancers including pancreatic and lung cancer.
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Plasticell to produce red blood cell substitute from pluripotent stem cells
Over 90 million blood transfusions are carried out worldwide each year and alternative sources to donor-derived blood are being sought to meet rising demand. In addition there is a need to secure a safer supply of blood products, chiefly in developing countries where there is a relatively higher risk of…
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EU funds research on biofuels and infectious diseases
Biochemist and physician Professor Ivan Dikic and microbiologist Professor Volker Müller are very honoured that their pioneering research projects have been selected for this substantial financial support.
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Polyphor receives CHF 40 million private financing for antibiotic research
Polyphor Ltd, a clinical stage, privately held Swiss specialty pharma company focused on the development of macrocycle drugs addressing antibiotic resistance and respiratory diseases, has completed a CHF 40 million private placement. Exisiting Polyphor investors contributed to 98% of the financing.
