Acerchem International opening new R&D centre at Swansea University

Acerchem International, a leading Chinese health and nutraceutical group, is to establish its European HQ and R&D and manufacturing centre at the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) at Swansea University (Welsh Government, 2017). The news was announced by Welsh Economy Secretary Ken Skates who is in China on a trade mission and has met with … Continue reading Acerchem International opening new R&D centre at Swansea University

Cardiff University announce partnership with Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research

Cardiff University has announced its scientists will develop new treatments, technologies and techniques with the charity-based Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research (NPIMR) (Cardiff University, 2017). They will develop pre-clinical medical research across areas including medical device technologies, regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. Initial projects with NPIMR, based in Harrow, Middlesex, will focus on work … Continue reading Cardiff University announce partnership with Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research

Proton Partners to name new cancer treatment centres after the man who identified the proton

Proton Partners International has announced today it will name its clinics the Rutherford Cancer Centres (WalesOnline, 2017). The centres will offer patients a comprehensive range of cancer treatments and, from 2018, will be the first in the UK to offer high energy proton beam therapy. The oncology centres have been named to reflect the Nobel … Continue reading Proton Partners to name new cancer treatment centres after the man who identified the proton

Advanced Medical Solutions testing surgical superglue stick

A medical superglue developed by Advanced Medical Solutions (AMS) for surgeons to use in operations instead of sutures or staples could be on the market for the first time as early as next year (The Telegraph, 2017). The AIM listed, Cheshire-based maker of wound dressings and surgical equipment, developed the glue, called Liquiband Fix8, at … Continue reading Advanced Medical Solutions testing surgical superglue stick

Frontier Medical announces Canadian distribution deal

Frontier Medical Group has announced a major new distribution contract with Joerns Healthcare in Canada (MediWales, 2017). Under the new deal, Frontier will distribute its Repose range of pressure injury prevention products through Joerns Healthcare in Canada. Joerns Healthcare is one of North America’s leading providers of acute and post-acute health care products and services … Continue reading Frontier Medical announces Canadian distribution deal

New test reaffirms performance criteria for EKF’s Quo-Test

EKF Diagnostics has announced that in a newly published paper its Quo-Test point-of-care haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) analyser has again been confirmed to meet International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) performance criteria (EKF Diagnostics, 2017). Using sigma-metrics data modelling, scientists from the European Reference Laboratory for Glycohemoglobin demonstrated that Quo-Test easily met IFCC … Continue reading New test reaffirms performance criteria for EKF’s Quo-Test

Brain imaging identifies different types of depression

Biological markers could enable tailored therapies that target individual differences in the symptoms of depression (Scientific American, 2017). New research, published in Nature Medicine, by Conor Liston, a neuroscientist and psychiatrist at Weill Cornell Medical College, and his colleagues seems to point toward a long-sought goal in psychiatry, biological markers to distinguish different kinds of … Continue reading Brain imaging identifies different types of depression

B vitamins reduce schizophrenia symptoms

A review of worldwide studies has found that add-on treatment with high dose B vitamins, including B6, B8 and B12, can significantly reduce symptoms of schizophrenia more than standard treatments alone (University of Manchester, 2017). The research, on the effect of vitamin and mineral supplements on symptoms of schizophrenia, is funded by the MRC and … Continue reading B vitamins reduce schizophrenia symptoms

Research undertaken to discover genetic cause of epilepsy

The University of Liverpool has received a £390,000 grant from the MRC to conduct research into how mutations in genes can cause epilepsy (University of Liverpool, 2017) . Epilepsy is estimated to affect more than 500,000 people in the UK. This means that around one in every hundred people has the condition. Cells in the … Continue reading Research undertaken to discover genetic cause of epilepsy

New nano approach could cut dose of leading HIV treatment in half

Successful results of a trial led by the University of Liverpool which utilised nanotechnology to improve drug therapies for HIV patients has been presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle, a leading annual conference of HIV research, clinical practice and progress (University of Liverpool, 2017). The healthy volunteer trial, conducted … Continue reading New nano approach could cut dose of leading HIV treatment in half

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