Clinical trials access improves outcomes for rare cancer patients
Patients with rare cancers now have a better chance of survival due to a new government approach to clinical trials…
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Empowering youth participation to tackle physical inactivity
The YoPA Project Team discuss the youth-led participatory research designed to tackle physical inactivity, non-communicable diseases, and health inequalities. The…
Cell division breakthrough reveals a hidden weakness in cancer
For decades, biologists have wrestled with a fundamental mystery of life: how cells manage to copy their DNA during cell…
New UK funding tackles local inequalities in cancer screening
The UK Government has pledged £200 million to local cancer care to address screening uptake gaps and reduce screening inequalities…
Restoring surgeons’ sense of touch with robotic fingertips
Researchers are developing robotic “fingertips” that could restore surgeons’ sense of touch during minimally invasive and robotic operations. Modern surgery…
Simple blood test could change Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis
A blood test, combined with an ultrathin material derived from graphite, could significantly advance efforts to detect Alzheimer’s disease at…
NHS trials AI and robotics to accelerate lung cancer diagnosis
Patients with suspected lung cancer may soon get a rapid diagnosis thanks to a pioneering NHS pilot that combines AI…
AI in healthcare: Better diagnosis and care
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept in medicine – it’s actively reshaping how healthcare systems detect disease,…
£16.5m UK research drive to tackle neurodegenerative diseases
A major UK research investment is placing sleep, blood vessels and combination drug therapies at the centre of efforts to…
Life-saving Jess’s Rule to be advertised in every GP surgery
The UK Government will roll out Jess’s Rule posters to all GP surgeries in England to act as a reminder…