Antwerp University Hospital (UZA) in Belgium is using an AI-powered robot to greet patients, check temperatures, and ensure masks are worn correctly. By removing initial human-to-human contact, the...
Swiss scientists have identified the sites on the ‘armour’ of SARS-CoV-2 that are most often targeted by antibodies. The University of Geneva (UNIGE) announced last Friday that these...
Onera Health has received a €2.5M grant from the European Innovation Council Accelerator for the development of its medical-grade remote care for sleep and chronic patients. According to Eindhoven...
As an orthopedic surgeon in Clinic ViaSana, Jur Vellema is mainly engaged in physical work. Not only during operations but also in the clinic, where he helps about fifty patients on an average day....
Instead of having to wait for days, colon cancer patients could receive targeted advice for further treatment within half an hour after a biopsy. Scientists from the Prodi Centre for Protein...
In the fight against some forms of blood and lymphatic cancer, doctors have been achieving considerable successes with a new form of immunotherapy for some time now. However, this therapy is very...
At the beginning of the corona lockdown, it seemed that the crisis would really bring out the worst in people. Selfishness ruled the (shopping) world. It didn’t matter if others stood in front...
A pioneering new clinical collaboration between a Cambridge start-up specialised in gut bacteria, and Cancer Care UK, is hoping to transform the approach to treating malignant tumours. Founded in...
After a long day at work, lots of people want to play a game on their phone or iPad. Aimlessly move the candies in CandyCrush, relax and clear your head. That’s great, at least for some. But...
The high-tech medical start-up Sirius Medical in Eindhoven is allowed to enter the market with its Sirius Pintuition product. Their product was awarded the CE mark this past week. This means it...
The coronavirus is now an inescapable part of everyday life. Last January we were taken aback by the bizarre lockdown in China. And less than half a year later in Europe, we can look back on our own...
Certain doses of UV-C light can almost completely kill COVID-19. Global lighting company Signify and the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) at Boston University have...
Researchers at the Radboudumc have discovered an until now, unknown effect of hydroxychloroquine. It inhibits the action of a certain type of white blood cell, which is important in the fight...
Mimicking the human brain is a dream of many scientists, both the computer world, which is envious of the energy efficiency and learning character of our brain, and the medical world, which seeks...
An artificial womb to enhance the chances for survival and quality of life of extremely premature babies by mimicking the conditions of a real womb. Whereas a year ago during the Dutch Design Week...
In some countries, there is still a lot of resistance against wearing mouth masks. Nevertheless, it does appear to have an effect in the fight against corona, according to a study published...
Making the paralyzed walk again has come one step closer. GTX Medical has received permission to treat several dozens of people with spinal cord injury and paralysis with its Go-2 system, which is...
Once a nerve cord is severed, for example after an accident, there is usually no cure. Only surgery can occasionally repair the damage. If at all. In some operations, nerve cords are removed from...
In addition to raw materials for adhesives, coatings, and healthy food, can a potato also provide ingredients against the effects of infection with the coronavirus? To investigate this, the Dutch...
Although the coronavirus is still spreading worldwide at breakneck speed, news headlines are becoming more varied and more optimistic. Since Monday, New Zealand has become the first non-microstate...
In the weekly ‘follow-up’ section we present a sequel to last week’s best-read article here on Innovation Origins. It had been in the works for a while, but this week was the first week that people...
As a woman in the Netherlands, if you want to find out what the state of your fertility is, you first need to have tried to conceive for at least a year. This will finally change thanks to the Grip...
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[Update] The discovery of an antibody against Covid-19 was a world first at Erasmus MC and Utrecht University. The scientific publication, which was recently published in the leading journal Nature,...
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Some of you guys are gonna go back to work at the office. At work, there are many factors that make employees feel comfortable or uncomfortable, such as temperature and lighting. This smart...
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week column. Over the past few days, five start-ups of the day...
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