Researchers from Imperial College London have shown a “pumping” patch that contains millions of living, beating stem cells could assist in repairing the damage caused by a heart attack. Sewn on to the heart, the 3cm (1in) by 2cm patch, grown in a lab from a sample of the patient’s own cells, then turns itself
A new compound which visualises and kills antibiotic resistant superbugs has been discovered by scientists at the University of Sheffield and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL). A team led by Professor Jim Thomas, from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Chemistry, is testing new compounds developed by his PhD student Kirsty Smitten, on antibiotic resistant gram-negative
A recent study has shown that an AI ‘deep learning’ system has been found to detect malignant lung nodules on low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) scans sooner than radiologists. The study from Google and North-western Medicine compared the deep-learning system against radiologists on LDCTs for patients, some of whom had biopsy confirmed cancer within a
