health

PTN exclusive interview with biftek.co, a lab grown ethical meat company

Posted in Business, Interviews, Science on 26th May, 2023
by wpadmin

PTN interviews biftek.co, a lab-grown meat start-up company.

Breakthrough for flexible electrode implants in the brain

Posted in Hardware, Medicine on 25th May, 2023
by Alex Muller

This solves key problems with bio-compatibility and tissue damage. This technology will make it possible to monitor and eventually understand brain function in both healthy and diseased people.

Cancer breakthrough as scientists find way to block deadly disease

Posted in Medicine on 21st May, 2023
by Alex Muller

Researchers suggest that developing drugs to starve cancer cells of the vital fuel source - uridine - could improve treatment and boost survival rates.

First immunotherapy approved for cervical cancer in England and Scotland

Posted in Medicine on 21st May, 2023
by Alex Muller

The immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda) is now available for people in England and Scotland with some forms of advanced cervical cancer.

EU and US partner on cancer research with new taskforce

Posted in Business, Medicine, Science on 21st May, 2023
by Alex Muller

The EU and US have launched a taskforce to bolster their collaboration on health topics including cancer research.