12th January 2021
New study concludes continuous wireless monitoring of a mother’s temperature during labor promises to be more effective than manual measurements for indicating the risk of early onset sepsis in newborn babies
A new study has concluded that the use of a continuous wireless patient monitoring platform which monitors a mother’s temperature during labor could aid detection of newborns at risk of…
12th January 2021
BMA Cymru Wales Calls for Healthcare Workers to be Vaccinated Urgently
BMA Cymru Wales is calling for the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine to be administered to frontline healthcare workers who have received the first dose, within the maximum 42-day…
12th January 2021
Celebrating Achievements of 2021 New Year’s Honours Recipients
Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart has praised people from Wales who have received awards in this year’s New Year’s Honours list. The list recognises the work and achievements…
8th January 2021
Over £200 Million Boost to Upgrade UK labs
New facilities include super computers to track infectious diseases, airborne sensors to monitor greenhouse gas emissions, and a unique floating offshore wind testing lab. UK science facilities to be upgraded…
6th January 2021
How Can Data Science Help the Eco Sector?
It is clear that energy is changing, with renewable sources, decentralisation and smart grids disrupting how we think about, generate, and consume it. In order to succeed in this changing…
6th January 2021
Funding boost for community eyecare study
A new project set up to study the best way to care for patients with long-standing eye conditions in the community has secured a major research grant. Dr Pippa Anderson…
6th January 2021
Smart vaccine patch research gets go-ahead
Researchers at Swansea University have received £230,000 to develop the world’s first smart vaccine device that will both deliver the COVID-19 vaccine and measure its efficacy through monitoring the body’s…
6th January 2021
Tenovus Cancer Care Chief Executive Judi Rhys Awarded MBE
Tenovus Cancer Care, Wales’ leading cancer charity, is delighted to announce that Chief Executive Judi Rhys has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list 2021, in recognition…
1st January 2021
Funding boost for research collaboration studying provision of eye care in the community
A new project set up to study the best way to care for patients with long-standing eye conditions in the community has secured a major research grant. Dr Pippa Anderson…
1st January 2021
New international research examines way of fighting back against Covid-19
Researchers at Swansea University Medical School are helping to drive forward understanding of the virus that causes Covid-19 and how it can be tackled. The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome…
1st January 2021
Medical School course records triple exam success
Swansea University’s physician associate course is celebrating a remarkable hat trick – its students recorded a 100 per cent pass rate in the September PA National Exams for the third…
1st January 2021
Development Bank of Wales and Creo Medical Co-Invest
The Development Bank of Wales is co-investing with corporate investor Creo Medical Group plc alongside other funders as part of a £1.5 million equity round into IQ Endoscopes Ltd. The…
1st January 2021
Older, Poorer People At Greater Risk OF Adverse Drug Reactions
A review by Swansea University academics has found that older, poorer people who are socially distanced from their doctors or pharmacists, suffer more adverse drug reactions (ADRs) than the general…
1st January 2021
Researchers to develop test for children most at risk of severe short-sightedness
Researchers funded by Fight for Sight in partnership with Welsh Government, through Health and Care Research Wales, are developing a genetic test to identify people with severe short-sightedness (high myopia)…
1st January 2021
Wales’ first plasmapheresis donor backs call for more donors in Wales to step forward
The first donor in Wales to donate plasma through the Welsh Blood Service’s new ‘plasmapheresis’ process is calling on other males who have recovered from COVID-19 to consider donating their…
1st January 2021
EKF Among New Occupiers At LLandough Trading Estate
A spate of lettings has led to three of four recently-refurbished industrial units at the Llandough Trading Estate in Cardiff becoming occupied. EKF is one of the new occupiers. The…
30th December 2020
Covid: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout to start in Wales next week
The rollout of a second Covid-19 vaccine across Wales will begin next week, the Welsh Government has said. The coronavirus vaccine designed by scientists at the University of Oxford was…
16th December 2020
Cardiff elects Innovation Fellows
Cardiff University has appointed three Innovation Fellows in recognition of their outstanding work to grow lasting University partnerships.15th December 2020
EKF introduces accurate quantitative COVID-19 antibody test kit
EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, has introduced one of the first tests to precisely measure levels of COVID-19 neutralising antibodies in individuals. Unlike other antibody tests, the Kantaro COVID-SeroKlir SARS-CoV-2 IgG ant11th December 2020
GS Verde Group Announce Partnership with Dragonfly Creative
The GS Verde Group, a multi-discipline professional services business, has announced a formal partnership with marketing and PR agency Dragonfly Creative. Following the recently announced launch of the Elevate investment…