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Adaptimmune awarded £2.1m for T cell
cancer therapy development
Adaptimmune has been awarded a
grant of £2.1 million from the UK Biomedical Catalyst Fund for the
development of its second engineered T cell therapy programme into
the clinic in triple negative breast cancer. 28 Mar 2014
Exco InTouch to unveil partner network
at Partnerships in Clinical Trials Congress
Exco InTouch, a
provider of patient engagement and data capture solutions, will
unveil the Exco Valued Partner Network at the Congress in Las Vegas
this week (30 March - 2 April 2014). 28 Mar 2014
Amputees in Action simulates extreme
casualty situations for medical training
Amputees in Action,
the UK’s largest provider of amputee actors and special effects
artists, is extending its medical training expertise to cover
extreme working environments. 20 Mar 2014
Endomagnetics wins business award for
breast cancer treatment product
Cambridge-based Endomagnetics
has been given the award for Best New Product or Business Model in
this year’s Business Weekly awards for companies in the
East of England. 20 Mar 2014
Health science network for North West
England launched
The North West Coast Academic Health Science
Network (NWC AHSN), one of 15 such networks in England, has
officially launched with an event to connect healthcare, academia
and industry in the region. 20 Mar 2014
Philips launches sleep promotion
initiative
Philips has announced its Sleep Powers initiative
for 2014, in support of World Sleep Day, to promote increased
awareness of and education around the benefits of sleep and the
important role it plays in our well being. 20 Mar 2014
Vodafone and AstraZeneca in
partnership to provide mobile health services for cardiovascular
patients
Vodafone and AstraZeneca have announced a global
partnership to use Vodafone's mobile technology and systems to help
cardiovascular patients and their healthcare professionals manage
their care. 13 Mar 2014
Welsh graphene company to raise £10m
on UK AIM to fund large scale production
South Wales graphene
company Haydale has announced plans to raise up to £10 million
($16.6 million) via an IPO on the UK's Alternative Investment Market
to fund development of its cold plasma based mass-production system.
18 Mar 2014
Motorbike crash survivor’s face reconstructed with 3D printed
titanium implant
A specialist team at the Morriston Hospital in Swansea has
successfully implanted a specially designed and printed titanium
cheek bone and eye socket for a badly injured motorcyclist. 17 Mar
2014
Incanthera acquires second cancer drug
pipeline with takeover of Onco-NX
The deal will see the
companies combine their expertise in targeted anti-cancer drugs, to
develop a ground-breaking, therapeutics pipeline. 13 Mar 2014
Boston Scientific's REBEL coronary
stent system receives CE mark
The REBEL Platinum Chromium
Coronary Stent System is the company's latest generation bare metal
stent for the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD). 13 Mar
2014
Partnership to develop mobile health
platform to support independent living
HMA Digital Marketing,
the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH)
at the University of Sheffield, and Tunstall Healthcare are
collaborating to develop 'mHealth Assist', a mobile health platform.
13 Mar 2014
Blood test could predict Alzheimer's
three years in advance of symptoms showing
A team of US
researchers is patenting a blood test for Alzheimer's or mild
cognitive impairment (MCI) based on 10 lipid biomarkers associated
with the diseases. 10 March 2014
Trial of 'digital medicines' in the north of England
The Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) is working with US company Proteus Digital Health
to test if taking pills with ingestible sensors can help patients take
medicines properly.
Novel technique identifies breast cancer tissue using non-coding RNA markers
The presence of
small non-coding sections of the nucleic acid RNA in breast tissue
can be used to predict if individuals have breast cancer, according
to new findings by the Cancer Genome Atlas project. 6 Mar 2014
Newly discovered hormone released
after exercise could indicate biological age
Scientists from
Aston University (UK) have discovered a potential molecular link
between Irisin, a recently identified hormone released from muscle
after exercise, and the ageing process. 6 Mar 2014
EuroHeart II project shows €196bn
annual cost of cardiovascular disease in Europe
The EU-funded
EuroHeart II Project was completed at the end of February
after three years of research into current cardiovascular disease
trends and analysis of EU-wide CVD prevention policies. 4 March 2014
Difference in blood pressure between
arms indicates future heart problems
New research shows that a 10mm Hg
difference in blood pressure between arms indicates a significant
increased risk for future cardiovascular events. 4 March 2014
High blood pressure is an epidemic as
devastating as HIV
The response of most governments and
international aid agencies to high blood pressure, or hypertension,
is little better than the reaction to HIV/AIDS 20 years ago — too
little too late — according to an editorial in the International Journal of
Epidemiology. 4 March 2014
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