Researchers have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how a family of viruses, including the norovirus, initiate infections. The new study, published today in Nature and led by the University of Glasgow, reveals the inner workings of the calicivirus family, which includes norovirus and sapoviruses – highly infectious viruses that can cause outbreaks of diarrhoea and vomiting. It is hoped this research may provide a...
DIHS, a medical education centre formed by the University of Dundee, NHS Tayside and industry partners Medtronic, are developing the first training programme for robotic-assisted surgery in Scotland. Surgical robots are used to carry out operations across four health boards in Scotland, but surgeons must travel to England or overseas to be trained in their use. The installation of the £1.7 million da Vinci robot...
A recent report has revealed that half of the top dozen UK pancreatic cancer researchers are based in Glasgow, with all six being affiliated with the University of Glasgow. The analysis, from the expertscape.com, confirms Glasgow’s position as a leading centre of excellence for pancreatic cancer. Central to this placement is the Glasgow Precision Oncology Laboratory, led by the University of Glasgow’s Professor Andrew Biankin,...
Platinum Informatics, a spin-out company from the University of Dundee, was one of the big winners at the Scottish EDGE Awards last night (December 6), receiving £100,000. Platinum Informatics provides state of the art software solutions for the management, visualisation and analysis of large and complex data sets in a wide range of laboratory and industrial environments. The company is commercialising software developed for more...
The invention of the first full-body MRI scanner from the University of Aberdeen has been named as one of the UK’s 100 best breakthroughs for its significance on people’s everyday lives. Professor James Hutchison and his team built the ‘Mark 1’ machine, which successfully scanned its first patient on August 28 1980. Professor Hutchison also helped to patent a ‘game-changing’ technique, known as spin-warp imaging,...
Data from the world’s largest research project into the prevention of Alzheimer’s will be stored on Microsoft’s cloud platform following a new agreement with Aridhia. The Scottish company, whose digital research platform AnalytiXagility is used in the health, biomedical research and precision medicine sectors, is to move all its work to Azure, including treatment studies by the European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia Consortium (EPAD). Aridhia will use Microsoft’s service...