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Breakthrough’ blood test for sepsis to save lives (The Times paywall) HighlightsHighlights Archive

Breakthrough’ blood test for sepsis to save lives (The Times paywall)

A blood test is being trialled that can rapidly detect whether a patient has sepsis, in what could be a breakthrough for sepsis diagnosis and treatment.  Sepsis is a notoriously difficult condition to diagnose and early intervention significantly improves patient outcomes. Dr Andrew Retter, an intensive care consultant at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London, who is…
Dawn
January 3, 2024
Reassociation to Horizon Europe officially sealed HighlightsHighlights Archive

Reassociation to Horizon Europe officially sealed

The UK’s association to the world-leading Horizon and Copernicus programmes was officially sealed as Science and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan visited Brussels last week to turbo-charge efforts to maximise UK involvement. This deal is set to create and support thousands of new jobs as part of the next generation of research talent. It will help deliver the Prime Minister’s ambition…
Ben Kemp
December 20, 2023
Onward discussion on ‘Making the UK a Science & Technology Superpower’ featuring the UK Science and Innovation Minister HighlightsHighlights Archive

Onward discussion on ‘Making the UK a Science & Technology Superpower’ featuring the UK Science and Innovation Minister

A pre-Christmas treat from Onward as an expert panel, including Science, Research and Innovation Minister Andrew Griffith ponder how success can be measured in making the UK a SciTech superpower.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fzTjUuOD1E
Ben Kemp
December 18, 2023
Media Monitoring: 9 – 15 December HighlightsHighlights Archive

Media Monitoring: 9 – 15 December

Oxford University blood test could unlock earlier Parkinson's treatment Patients could benefit from earlier treatment for Parkinson’s disease following the development of a new blood test from researchers at the University of Oxford. The test screens people at risk of Parkinson’s disease by using a biomarker called alpha-synuclein – a protein which Oxford researchers have already demonstrated has an elevated…
Ben Kemp
December 15, 2023
UK public want political parties to make research funding a priority ahead of the GE HighlightsHighlights Archive

UK public want political parties to make research funding a priority ahead of the GE

Data released by the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) demonstrates public appetite for more political focus on R&D. The polling, carried out as part of CaSE’s Discovery Decade programme by research agency Public First in October 2023, also found that a majority (70% of 1,094) would support a proposal to build a new laboratory for carrying out R&D on…
Ben Kemp
December 15, 2023
£10 million invested in cancer and chronic health conditions HighlightsHighlights Archive

£10 million invested in cancer and chronic health conditions

Innovate UK and OLS will invest £10 million in 17 projects as part of the advancing precision medicines competition. The OLS funding is part of the life sciences vision cancer mission. Precision medicine offers new ways of treating disease based on individual patient characteristics and can enable earlier and more accurate diagnosis of diseases, including cancer. The funded projects will…
Dawn
December 15, 2023
Online or phone appointments often fail to make easy diagnoses HighlightsHighlights Archive

Online or phone appointments often fail to make easy diagnoses

A new study has suggested that patients are being put at risk through non-contact GP appointments which can fail to pick up serious illnesses. The study examined 95 UK safety incidents over the past three years, comprising complaints, reports and compensation claims. Errors included missing the diagnosis of serious conditions including cancer, sepsis and heart disease which the study claimed…
Dawn
December 8, 2023
New research into expansion of life-saving HIV testing programme HighlightsHighlights Archive

New research into expansion of life-saving HIV testing programme

A new research project to evaluate an expansion of the hugely successful HIV opt-out testing programme to new sites across England, has today been announced. Given the success of the existing testing programme, this new initiative is expected to save, and improve the quality of, thousands of lives. Backed by £20 million of NIHR funding, the research will evaluate the testing programme…
Dawn
December 8, 2023
Media Monitoring: 2 – 8 December HighlightsHighlights Archive

Media Monitoring: 2 – 8 December

Experts recommend genomics for tackling antimicrobial resistance, outline key strategies for effective surveillance In a recent article published in The Lancet Microbe, researchers described the discussions of an expert working group convened by the Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug-resistant Infections Consortium (SEDRIC) to assess the utility of genomics for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance. In summary, the high-resolution actionable data on…
Dawn
December 8, 2023
Media Monitoring: 25 November – 1 December HighlightsHighlights Archive

Media Monitoring: 25 November – 1 December

Women urged to take up NHS cervical screening invitations Women are being urged to accept NHS cervical screening invites after new figures show three in ten of those eligible for screening do not take up the potentially life-saving offer. The NHS invites women for screening every three to five years depending on their age, or more frequently if the high-risk…
Dawn
December 1, 2023