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8 May 2024: BloodCounts! an early warning system forinfections outbreaks. BACKGROUND. The loss of 6.9 million lives in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted thatthere is a critical need for simple, affordable, and scalable tools to detect newemerging

8 May 2024: Wearables for EEG monitoring. BACKGROUND. Wet EEG electrodes that use an electrolyte gel to form a conductive path betweenthe skin and electrode to reduce the electrode-skin impedance provide a goodquality EEG signal for only a short duration.

8 May 2024: Sparxell. Sparxell. THE NEXT GENERATION OF COLOURS ANDEFFECTS. Website. The Challenge. Glitters can take many sizes and shapes (from the sequins used in fashion to thefine powder used in the paint of 1 in 4 cars sold in Europe or found in

8 May 2024: Early detection of dementia. BACKGROUND. Diagnosis at early stages of neurocognitive decline has major implications for timelyclinical management. We currently intervene too late and often target the wrongpatients. With the recent approval of drugs

8 May 2024: OSAIRIS: AI cancer imaging tool. BACKGROUND. Starting radiotherapy promptly improves cancer survival rates and reduces anxietyin newly diagnosed patients. But before any radiotherapy can take place, theoncologist must spend a significant amount of

8 May 2024: Charged materials for CO2 capture. BACKGROUND. Current technologies for CO2 capture are based upon organic amines or inorganichydroxides, but neither is ideal. For example, amines are prone to degradationwhen regenerated, and are therefore expensive

8 May 2024: Biophonics. Biophonics. ENABLING WIDESPREAD EARLY DETECTIONOF VALVULAR HEART DISEASE WITH AUNIQUE MEDICAL DEVICE. Website. Overview. Nearly 2 million people in the UK suffer from significant valvular heart disease, yetmore than half remain

8 May 2024: OutSee. OutSee. DISCOVERING NOVEL DRUG TARGETS USINGAN INNOVATIVE AI GENOMICS TECHNOLOGYTHAT UNCOVERS DISEASE-MODULATINGBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS. Website. Overview. OutSee is being launched to take advantage of the opportunity to exploit large-scale

8 May 2024: 360 implant to treat spinal cord injuries. BACKGROUND. The spinal cord is a key organ of the nervous system, which is in charge of carryinginformation around the body. Every year between 250,000-500,000 people sufferinjuries to the spinal cord

8 May 2024: Neonatal wireless transmission system. BACKGROUND. When babies are in intensive care, they need to be continuously monitored. Thisrequires multiple sensors with separate wires. These wires can become tangledand make clinical care harder. Parents

8 May 2024: MutREAD – Mutational Signature Detection byRestriction Enzyme-Associated DNA Sequencing. BACKGROUND. The successful application of mutational signatures in clinical settingsrequires availability of a cost-effective, scalable detection method that

8 May 2024: PredictImmune. PredictImmune. HELPING PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITHCHRONIC IMMUNE-MEDIATED DISORDERS TOLIVE NORMAL AND HEALTHY LIVES. Website. Overview. PredictImmune developes prognostic assays that predict disease progression forpatients with

8 May 2024: Real-time autofocus for videomicroscopy. BACKGROUND. Video-microscopy of living subjects is hampered by their movement out of themicroscope’s focal plane. At video frame-rates, manual refocusing becomesimpossible; therefore, autofocus is required.

8 May 2024: Low-Cost Trace Analyte Detection with ReusableSERS Substrates. BACKGROUND. To move beyond current low-cost sensors, towards measuring trace analytes inapplications such as healthcare monitoring, geology and mineralogy, pollutionmonitoring, and

8 May 2024: Mouse Models of Essential Thrombocythemia(ET) and Myelofibrosis (MF) – Available forPreclinical Studies? Background. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have generated fully characterised,conditional knock-in mouse models for essential

8 May 2024: Implantable drug delivery device targeting braintumours. BACKGROUND. Successful treatment of brain cancers is limited due to the difficulty of deliveringtherapies to difficult-to-access tumours. There is also a need for new technologiesable to

8 May 2024: Ortho-quinone prodrug strategy (self-immolativelinkers). BACKGROUND. The para-quinones doxorubicin (Adriamycin),geldanamycin, mitoxantrone and mitomycin C have lowerredox-cycling rates than ortho-quinones and aresuccessfully used in the clinic.

8 May 2024: Polymer Masterbatch: Customized High-Performance Composite for Your Needs. BACKGROUND. Nanoparticle composites are a unique class of materials that combine nano-sizedparticles with a matrix material, creating polymers with new and improvedproperties

8 May 2024: Planarific: AI-based software for sustainableretrofitting and design. BACKGROUND. The UK has set an ambitious goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050,which requires a drastic reduction in the energy consumption and greenhouse

8 May 2024: Upcycling waste plastics with sunlight. BACKGROUND. Traditionally, the term “photoreforming” refers to the use of light energy to drive theconversion of waste feedstocks into sustainable fuels and / or chemicals, such asthe production of