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Cancer patients benefit from new technology
Patients being treated for cancer will benefit from a new type of intensity modulated radiotherapy system (IMRT) which has now been successfully installed at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre.
30 July 2010
Completion of £1.7 m fundraising at Ambicare
Ambicare Health, a leading developer of ambulatory light sources for medical and consumer healthcare applications, has completed a £ 1.7m fundraising. The proceeds of the fundraising will be used to facilitate the roll-out of its lead product, the Ambulight PDT, the world's first light emitting sticking plaster for the treatment of skin cancer and for working capital purposes.
30 July 2010
Event to help businesses to develop new technologies
Businesses and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with ambitious ideas are being encouraged to attend an event focusing on a new Scottish Funding Council (SFC) knowledge exchange competition.
30 July 2010
Solid Form Solutions increases staff
Solid Form Solutions announces four new staff have joined the company.
30 July 2010
Encap Drug Delivery receives patent approval for DuoCapTM capsule system
Encap Drug Delivery granted patents for DuoCapTM, capsule delivery system.
30 July 2010
Touch Bionics wins at the International Business Awards
Touch Bionics, developer of advanced upper-limb bionic technologies and clinical solutions, today announced that it has won the award for the Most Innovative Company of the Year in Europe in the 2010 International Business Awards.
29 July 2010
Author: Lifes Sciences Scotland
Can animals foretell the environmental impact of climate change?
A Glasgow researcher has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society of Edinburgh fellowship to examine new environmental monitoring methods.
29 July 2010
Author: Lifes Sciences Scotland
Highland Directors shortlisted for UK Institute of Directors Awards
Three directors based in the Highlands have been shortlisted for the final of the Institute of Directors (IOD) UK Awards which take place in London in October.
29 July 2010
UK comes top in global 'quality of death' report
The UK has come top in a report ranking the quality of end-of-life care provision around the world that draws heavily from the research of a Glasgow professor.
29 July 2010
Author: Life Sciences Scotland
Breakthrough Breast Cancer identifies potential new treatment
Scientists from the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh have discovered a potential new way to treat a common form of breast cancer which affects 800 Scottish women and 9,000 UK women each year.
29 July 2010
Author: Life Sciences Scotland