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Neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis: retinal imaging as a biomarker

Therapeutic strategies for multiple sclerosis reduce the number of relapses and improve quality of life early in the disease course, nevertheless, neurodegeneration ultimately gives rise to permanent disability.
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Osteoporosis: An important NCD component of WHO’s vision for healthy ageing

World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, describes what we need to know about osteoporosis prevention, management and treatment, an integral component of their vision for healthy ageing.
radiotherapy cancer patient with a nurse

Precision radiotherapy: Our most effective cancer treatment

David Bloomfield, Consultant in Clinical Oncology Sussex Cancer Centre, argues that precision radiotherapy is our most effective cancer treatment and should be available to everyone with cancer, but workforce planning is failing our patients.
Ronald A. Schuchard

Ronald A. Schuchard – Translational Imaging Innovations

Ronald A. Schuchard is a Clinical Product Development Advisor for many biotech companies. I am also the Executive Director for the Envision Research Institute and Envision University (Wichita, KS). The research program at the Envision Research Institute is dedicated to investigating the functional implications to vision loss, access to interventions,...
Long structure of the DNA double helix in depth of view.

What are the possibilities of DNA and RNA sequences?

Serge L. Beaucage, Supervisory Research Chemist at the Food and Drug Administration discusses his work with DNA and RNA sequences and the groundbreaking impact this technique could have.
world health organisation worker in Africa during covid-19

The global picture of Tuberculosis: A view from WHO

Experts Dr Michel Gasana & Dr Frank Lule from World Health Organization – Regional Office for Africa, provide an update on the global picture of Tuberculosis.
a doctor writing notes on medical cannabis

What can the UK government do for the legalisation of medical cannabis?

Medical cannabis remains difficult to attain in healthcare under the British government, but it holds great promise for both NHS patients and the economy.
Artificial Intelligence Healthcare

Artificial Intelligence implementation & cancer research

Dr Zisis Kozlakidis & Eduardo Mascarenhas turn the spotlight on Artificial Intelligence implementation and cancer research.
Nuclear medicine scanning of patient with prostate cancer metastasis in areas of pelvis and spine in different colours

Betamethasone may improve prostate cancer radiation therapy

Common steroid betamethasone could be used to reduce unwanted side effects of radiation treatments for prostate cancer.
Green tea leaves on brown paper

Green tea extract improves metabolic syndrome and gut health

Consuming green tea extract for four weeks improves metabolic syndrome by lowering risk of high blood pressure, obesity and inflammation.
IVF treatment in a Petri dish, transferring embryo cell DNA

What is the science behind IVF failure?

Researchers find that IVF failure is commonly due to spontaneous errors in the early phases of cell division which causes so many human embryos to fail to develop.
a needle injected into an insulin bottle

Type 1 diabetes treatment finds new target

A new route to the regeneration of insulin in the pancreatic stem cells indicates a major breakthrough for Types 1 and 2 Diabetes therapies.
Delivery drones outside a hospital building

Drone chemotherapy becomes an NHS net zero cancer strategy

NHS cancer patients will be the first to experience drone chemotherapy, which furthers the NHS net zero strategy, as it cuts down travel time and distance.
scuba3, hair loss

SCUBE3 as a treatment for hair loss and alopecia

SCUBE3, a signalling molecule, could be used as a therapeutic treatment against hair loss and androgenetic alopecia for women and men.
ArrestAD

ArrestAD: Exploiting the bittersweet side of Alzheimer’s disease

The Alzheimer’s disease puzzle is being completed. This is where the ArrestAD programme comes in, to exploit the bittersweet side of AD.
Children's mental health

Children’s mental health in Africa

OAG examines the state of investment in and provision of adolescents and children’s mental health services in Africa.
precision cancer medicine

Who will pay for the precision cancer medicine revolution?

Ketil Widerberg, General Manager of Oslo Cancer Cluster, describes the complexities of implementing precision cancer medicine in Norway and suggests a way forward.
Shellfish poisoning

Shellfish poisoning: A neurotoxic consequence of global warming

Jeremy MacMahon, Yi-Hua Tsai, and Pamela Lein from the Department of Molecular Biosciences, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, explore how shellfish poisoning is affecting human and animal health.
multiple sclerosis facts & trends

Multiple sclerosis facts & trends

Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe from Frost & Sullivan’s TechCasting Group, walks us through multiple sclerosis facts & trends.
healthcare in canada

Healthcare in Canada: Milestones & opportunities

Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe turns the spotlight on healthcare in Canada, focussing on milestones & opportunities triggered by pandemics.

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