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Developing a mobile app to help manage type 2 diabetes

Find out how we supported Healum; a small MedTech company which creates digital solutions that enable healthcare professionals to support and motivate patients to self manage long-term health conditions.

Physiotherapy exercises go digital

Discover how we worked with the company MIRA Rehab to help patients regain their mobility by using clinically guided ‘exergames’.

New optical bowel cancer test improves diagnosis

In collaboration with the NIHR, the Dutch-based medical technology company SpectraScience developed the WavSTAT4 Optical Biopsy System® for the real time diagnosis of pre-cancerous colon polyps.

Improving treatments for Alzheimer's patients

The DOMINO-AD trial has had a major global impact – providing robust evidence on treatment decisions for patients in the later stages of Alzheimer’s Disease and influencing a change to NICE guideline recommendations.

Chloe and Ava: Preventing type 1 diabetes

Chloe Phippard’s youngest daughter, Ava, took part in a trial to see if daily doses of insulin powder can prevent infants from developing type 1 diabetes.

Testing a flu vaccine for egg-allergic children

The SNIFFLE studies investigated the safety of nasal influenza immunisation in egg-allergic children. The results of the study led to a change in national immunisation policy, resulting in considerable cost-saving for the NHS.

Stem cell therapy trials take advantage of unified UK network

When it comes to delivering stem cell clinical research trials in rare diseases, the UK ticks all the boxes, says Australian life science company Cynata.