Articles about 'National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)'

Serena Nik-Zainal at the Early Cancer Institute

Scientists create 'metal detector' to hunt down tumours

10 April 2025

��Ī researchers have created a ‘metal detector’ algorithm that can hunt down vulnerable tumours, in a development that could one day revolutionise the treatment of cancer.

AI is as good as pathologists at diagnosing coeliac disease, study finds

27 March 2025

A machine learning algorithm developed by ��Ī scientists was able to correctly identify in 97 cases out of 100 whether or not an individual had coeliac disease based on their biopsy, new research has shown.

£10 million programme to use AI and state-of-the-art analytics to fight cancer

22 January 2025

��Ī researchers are to lead a £10 million project that could result in doctors being able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer and offer personalised detection and prevention.

Landmark 'pill-on-a-thread' cancer screening trial welcomes first participants

28 November 2024

A pivotal clinical trial of a 'pill-on-a-thread' test, which will decide if it becomes a new screening programme for oesophageal cancer, has welcomed its first participants.

‘Teen-friendly’ mindfulness therapy aims to help combat depression

18 November 2024

Researchers have developed a mindfulness therapy tailored specifically to appeal to teenagers to help them cope with increasing levels of depression and mental health problems.

Team’s hip replacement surgery invention is set to be world first

13 September 2024

Technology that could transform the future of hip replacement surgery is being pioneered by a team of experts in ��Ī.

Children switch to walking and cycling to school after introduction of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone

05 September 2024

Four in ten children in Central London who travelled to school by car switched to more active modes of transport, such as walking, cycling, or public transport, following the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), according to new research. In the comparison area with no ULEZ, Luton, only two in ten children made this switch over the same period.

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