Antimicrobial test may combat drug resistance
Researchers have demonstrated a potential new tactic for rapidly determining whether an antibiotic combats a given infection, thus hastening effective medical treatment...
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Medtech sales to reach $522bn by 2022
EvaluateMedTech World Preview provides a range of insights into the expected performance of the medtech industry...
Prostaglandin EI inhibits leukaemia stem cells
Targeting leukaemia stem cells in combination with standard chemotherapy may improve treatment for chronic myeloid leukaemia...
ANGPTL4 patch may improve hard-to-heal skin lesions for diabetic patients
Scientists have developed a new gel patch prototype that could speed up the healing of a skin wound while minimising the formation of scars...
National Physical Laboratory re-launched to improve access to health innovations
NPL's new approach informed by government priorities, consultancy with industry and the NHS, and a century of expertise, will see it focus on some of the world’s biggest health challenges, from supporting the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and dementia, to reducing attrition rates in drug development, to creating new…
UCB receives EU approval for paediatric anti-epileptic drug
UCB has announced that the EC has approved the use of its anti-epileptic drug Vimpatas in the treatment of partial-onset seizures...
TLR agonists suppress tumour growth
TLR agonists injected directly into a tumour suppresses tumour growth throughout the whole body...
Romosozumab provides protection against fractures in osteoporosis
A new treatment for osteoporosis provides major improvements in bone density and fractures than the current standard treatment...
Tecan offers walkaway automation for biochemical assays
Tecan’s innovative Spark® multimode reader can now provide walkaway processing of up to 50 assay plates per run with the addition of the new Spark-Stack™ integrated microplate stacker...
Poliovirus therapy induces immune responses against cancer
Investigational therapy directly kills tumour cells and unmasks them to the body's defences.
Steroid inhalers increase the risk of hard-to-treat infections
Older people who use steroid inhalers are more likely to suffer particular bacterial infections...
Quality control method to select effective MβCD in Neimann-Pick disease
Researchers have developed a quality control method to evaluate the pharmacological activity and potential effectiveness of different preparations of the therapeutic agent MβCD...
Wickham Labs to exhibit at Medtec Ireland 2017
Wickham Laboratories Ltd is pleased to announce that we will be on stand 305 at the upcoming Medtec Ireland, held on 4-5 October 2017 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway, Ireland...
Proposed guidelines for handling CAR-T cell side effects
Immune-cell based therapies opening a new frontier for cancer treatment carry unique, potentially lethal side effects...
HPV vaccine associated with improved fertility
Researchers have examined the relationship between the HPV vaccination and fertility and identified that the vaccine can improve chances of conception...
