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Lung cancer patients to benefit from innovative blood test as part of NHS pilot

A blood test which could help thousands of people receive earlier, more targeted, lung cancer treatments is being trialled by the NHS. The circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) test, which will be offered to 10,000 patients by next March, can identify genetic variants in a tumour through a simple blood sample. Patients that receive CT scan results showing suspected lung cancer…
Ben Kemp
March 26, 2024
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Media Monitoring: 14 – 20 March

Community diagnostic centres deliver more than 7 million checks CDCs have now delivered more than 7 million tests, checks and scans across England The milestone comes as figures show diagnostic activity in every month in 2023 was the highest for that month on record, with the government pledging to deliver 17 million tests across CDCs and its other investments in…
Ben Kemp
March 21, 2024
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Campaign to increase UK SciTech investment and aid scale-up launched

A new campaign aimed at driving up investment opportunities in scale-ups has been launched by the Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary, Michelle Donelan, with podcast adverts, billboards and more showing off science and technology scale-ups to British investment hubs. The ‘Science and Tech is our Superpower’ campaign aims to make sure science and technology firms in the UK that are…
Dawn
March 21, 2024
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Media Monitoring: 14 – 20 March

Community diagnostic centres deliver more than 7 million checks CDCs have now delivered more than 7 million tests, checks and scans across England The milestone comes as figures show diagnostic activity in every month in 2023 was the highest for that month on record, with the government pledging to deliver 17 million tests across CDCs and its other investments in…
Dawn
March 21, 2024
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Media Monitoring: 7 – 13 March

Disease prevention ‘absolutely critical’ for the future, Whitty says Sir Chris Whitty called for a “very serious, science-based” approach on prevention in order for people to have a better quality of life in old age He also said there should be focus on maintaining generalist skills in the medical workforce, rather than specialisms   New project to investigate how graphene…
Dawn
March 13, 2024
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Labour announce plan to make STEM workforce more diverse

On International Women’s Day, Shadow Science, Innovation and Research Minister, Chi Onwurah, unveiled the Labour’s plan to support people from all backgrounds and all parts of the country to benefit from well-paid jobs in STEM. Ms Onwurah declared that making the most of everyone’s talent in science was an “economic imperative” that would “supercharge innovation, jobs and growth across the…
Dawn
March 13, 2024
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Equity in Medical Devices: Independent Review

The Government has outlined a set of actions to tackle potential bias in the design and use of medical devices and use of PRS in genomics, following an independent review. PRS are already available commercially through direct-to-consumer tests but have not yet been adopted by the NHS. The review acknowledges with concern that data sources upon which PRS draw have a well-established…
Dawn
March 13, 2024
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Media Monitoring: 29 February – 6 March

Investigation into the UKHSA’s health security campus programme The UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA’s) health security campus programme aims to enhance and replace UKHSA infrastructure, most importantly its high-containment laboratories, which are essential for protecting the nation against potentially highly infectious diseases Replacing and modernising UKHSA’s facilities through the programme is of crucial importance to ensure the UK has the…
Ben Kemp
March 6, 2024
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