Medtech / devices
Age Tech World explores the latest business developments in the world of ageing and longevity. Grant to advance groundbreaking mitochondrial biomarker research Countdown For A Cure, a foundation dedicated to accelerating mitochondrial research and medicine, has announced a US$350,000 grant to Minovia Therapeutics, a clinical-stage company pioneering mitochondrial transplantation technologies. The funding will support Minovia’s [...]
A £29.6m government-backed facility in Darlington will accelerate RNA therapies that could help tackle cancer, heart disease, infectious diseases and other conditions. The UK RNA Biofoundry will help scientists and businesses move research from lab to market more quickly, providing a specialised site to manufacture clinical-grade RNA materials. RNA therapies work by reprogramming immune or [...]
Personal alarms used by 1.8m older adults and disabled people could stop working as UK networks move from analogue to digital systems, experts have warned. The devices are lifelines for older adults, people with disabilities and those recovering from illness or injury across the UK. Network providers are switching landlines from analogue to digital by [...]
Researchers have identified a genetic biomarker that predicts whether people with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) will respond better to glatiramer acetate or interferon-beta therapies. Analysis of more than 3,000 MS patients showed those carrying the HLA-A*03:01 gene variant benefit significantly more from glatiramer acetate treatment than from interferon-beta. The discovery could enable personalised [...]
Heart patients will be able to complete rehabilitation at home using online services instead of waiting for face-to-face appointments under new NHS plans. Six online platforms have been conditionally recommended to the NHS to support adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice). The programmes [...]
Age Tech World explores the latest research and science developments in the world of ageing and longevity. AI tool developed to predict markers of Alzheimer’s disease Researchers have built an AI tool that can accurately predict key signs of Alzheimer's disease. The markers the AI is able to predict include the presence of sticky proteins [...]
An existing antiparasitic drug could offer a new way to treat dementia by acting on structures in brain cells that control protein production. Researchers at the University of California San Diego and the University of Pittsburgh found that targeting nuclear speckles – small structures inside cell nuclei that help control how proteins are made, folded [...]
As technologies rapidly develop, the hearing-health sector is seeing major improvements in the size, power and capability of hearing aids. Here, Ross Turnbull, Director of Business Development and Product Engineering at application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) specialist Swindon Silicon Systems, explores the role of custom ICs in advancing hearing aid designs. According to the British [...]
A major football study has found players of the same age can differ biologically by up to six years, raising concerns about fairness in youth development. Researchers assessed over 1,000 academy players in Scotland’s Club Academy Scotland system, collecting birth dates, current height and weight, and parental height to estimate biological maturity. The study, carried [...]
Two Surrey-based start-ups have secured investment to develop digital tools that monitor hydration and track symptom changes in people with dementia. Neu Health and Hydro Care have received backing from the Alzheimer’s Society Accelerator programme. They will collaborate on technologies designed to support families and reduce avoidable hospital admissions. Neu Health has developed a device [...]
