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Medical & healthcare

In the UK, one in six people – 16.5 million individuals – has at least one neurological condition, with a cost to the NHS of £4.4bn per year

Neurobots could help treat epilepsy

Electrical signals inside heart muscle cells provide insights into how the heart functions

AI records electrical activity of heart cells

Image from a UKNNL research rig

Project to turn nuclear waste into new cancer treatments

The gallium-doped bioglass has been shown to kill cancer cells with 99 per cent success

Cancer-killing orthopaedic paste gets £110k grant

Funding will be used to support the ongoing development of Owlstone’s proprietary Breath Biopsy platform

Owlstone secures $27m in Series E financing round

Researchers at UC Irvine have created a soft, conformable implant that measures neurological signals in patients’ developing brains. Seen here on the wing of a butterfly, this invention uses an organic polymer material that’s more compatible with sensitive living tissues than rigid, silicon-based medical devices

Biocompatible sensor implant conforms to organ growth

The technology is currently in animal studies as a biopsy tool

Robeauté raises $28m to advance neurosurgical microbots

LARi is the first video stylet designed to fully integrate with an anaesthetist’s existing tools and workflows when intubating patients

Low-cost video stylet promises improved intubation

Changes in breathing rate can often be the first sign of patient deterioration in several diseases

Wearable sensor monitors breathing for signs of illness

Piezoelectric biomaterial could help treat CNS injuries

The NUS team found that breast cancer cells are more vulnerable to magnetic field therapy. A 10-minute magnetic field exposure reduced the concentration of DOX – a chemotherapy drug - needed for similar amount of cancer killing by half, particularly at low doses of the drug

Magnetic pulses promote uptake of chemotherapy drug

Conventional treatments for bone defects often involve bone grafts combined with serum or bioadhesives to fill the defect

Injectable hydrogel uses light to aid bone regeneration