Supercomputing facilities set up to track the spread and evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic have received £1.2m in government funding to expand globally. Cardiff University says the new funding will enable the CLIMB COVID-19 project, which it leads with the University of Birmingham, to carry out significant upgrades to computational equipment to process and store … Continue reading Covid-19 genome sequencing project gets a major upgrade

Researchers at Swansea University are developing the world’s first smart vaccine device that will deliver the Covid-19 vaccine and measure its efficacy through monitoring the body’s associated response. Swansea University says the research, from its Institute for Innovative Materials, Processing and Numerical Technologies (IMPACT), will produce the vaccine through the use of microneedles (MNs) to … Continue reading Swansea University develops “world’s first” Covid-19 vaccine smart patch

A study has concluded that people with certain genetic conditions are likely to have significant symptoms of autism, even if they do not meet all diagnostic criteria. Cardiff University says their findings show clinical services need to adapt so that people diagnosed with autism-linked genetic conditions are not denied access to vital support and interventions. … Continue reading Clinical criteria for diagnosing autism is inadequate for people with genetic conditions

Researchers are developing a genetic test to identify people with severe short sightedness (high myopia) who are most at risk of permanent damage to their eyesight and would therefore benefit from more frequent monitoring. The test may also help to identify children who are most at risk of developing severe short sightedness. Researchers at Cardiff … Continue reading Researchers to develop a test for children most at risk of severe short sightedness

Up to a hundred million Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses will be produced for use in the UK at a Welsh facility in the coming months. Now that the UK”s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has authorised the vaccine, WalesOnline reports the production line at the CP Pharmaceuticals factory in Wrexham will go into action. The … Continue reading Wrexham factory to produce millions of doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine

Swansea based Brother Engineering has become the first mask manufacturer in Wales to gain the regulatory approval needed to be able to supply the Welsh NHS. The engineering company has adapted its way of working in recent months to support the Welsh Government’s efforts to produce and supply vital PPE items. The move, which the … Continue reading Brother Engineering gets the green light to supply the NHS in Wales

The Development Bank of Wales is co-investing with corporate investor Creo Medical Group plc alongside other funders as part of a £1.5m equity round into IQ Endoscopes Ltd. The investment will support the rapid product development of the IQ platform, a range of single use flexible endoscopes which provides images of the full length of … Continue reading IQ Endoscopes secures Development Bank of Wales and Creo Medical led £1.5m funding round

A new project set up to study the best way to care for patients with long standing eye conditions in the community has secured a major research grant. Swansea University reports Dr Pippa Anderson and Dr Mari Jones, from their Centre for Health Economics (SCHE), are part of a multidisciplinary team which has just been … Continue reading Funding boost for research looking at the provision of eyecare in the community

In a combined effort to help Covid-19 researchers, Cardiff University and the University of Oxford have launched a series of “living reviews”. The reviews are available in the new open access journal of the Oxford University Press (OUP), Oxford Open Immunology. Cardiff University says the reviews will summarise literature around one topic and are a … Continue reading “Living reviews” launched in the wake of Covid-19 research

Researchers at Swansea University Medical School are helping to drive forward understanding of the virus that causes Covid-19 and how it can be tackled. The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiological agent of Covid-19, has swept across the world with unprecedented speed. Since it was initially identified there have been more than … Continue reading New international research looks at a way of fighting back against Covid-19