Brian McCormack has pioneered a disposable device which presents a quick, clean, and dignified way to take samples for bowel cancer testing. Now his business is branching out by testing other potential products such as completely soluble cotton buds, wound dressings and baby wipes, in a bid to reduce the millions of household products routinely disposed of in toilets. The latest developments could not be...
A £1.7million grant has been awarded to The University of Glasgow to create the world’s largest Immune Mediated Inflammatory Disease (IMID) Biobank. IMID are common medical conditions that cause pain, distress, loss of function and early death. The biobank will be used to create a ‘superhighway’ of information that can be analysed in order to apply a precision medicine approach to these health conditions. To...
New contracts with NHS Scotland have been awarded to six Scottish small and medium sized businesses. The contracts will look to help drive treatment and innovation in dermatology, diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Read more.
3f bio Ltd, a spinout company from the University of Strathclyde has secured an investment round of £461,000. 3f bio Ltd is involved in the sustainable production of food protein, at a reduced cost. The funding raised allows 3f bio Ltd to progress development of the product and increasing scale of production, as well as embarking on technological advances to global potentials for sustainable protein....