Aging processes are reversed via novel cell therapy
The older a person gets, the more susceptible they are to disease. Relatively few people are fortunate enough to be able to stay healthy and […]
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Exoskeleton helps disabled children to learn how to walk
By Michiel Verplancke. Fifteen international partners have joined forces to develop an exoskeleton for children with cerebral palsy. The complex skeleton will help them learn […]
Get ready for IO’s European Start-ups of the Year Awards
For exactly one year now, we have been presenting you with an innovative start-up every single day. You, our readers, have selected the start-ups of […]
Mapping corona throughout Europe; first wave is almost over, except in Sweden
In order to properly map out the corona crisis on a European level, we need to look beyond national borders
Mapping the corona pandemic at subnational European level
Over the past few months, corona maps have been raining down on all kinds of media. These basically come in two types: a map with […]
Start-up of the day: Providing Minimal Access Surgery and surgical robots for hospitals everywhere
Ensuring that minimal access surgery (MAS) is available to everyone is what motivated the co-founders of CMR Surgical to set up this start-up. They saw […]
App helps counter migraine with artificial intelligence
Norwegian scientists have developed an app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help combat migraines. A daily training session of 10 minutes with this app […]
Start-up of the day: Digital assistant for people with diabetes
Danish med-tech start-up Hedia has designed a digital assistant for people with insulin-dependent diabetes. A tool that can be of particular importance during the current […]
Start-up of the Day: A sleep robot that guarantees a good night’s sleep
Anxiety, stress and worrying about the coronavirus keeps many people from sleeping well these days. But even without the virus, about 22 % of Dutch […]
Countless numbers in Spanish healthcare sector die due to lack of face masks
At the end of January it was still a message that seemed strange to most Madrileños. In Chinatown, located in the Usera district in Madrid, […]
Cannabis dust can help fight hospital bacteria
Researchers at Syddansk University in Denmark have discovered that the effect of antibiotics can be improved with a substance found in the hemp plant cannabis. […]
Start-up of the Day: app teaches cancer patients how to cope with fatigue
Door Vonk, co-founder and CCO of ‘Tired of Cancer‘ ran her own consultancy firm for many years. There, she raised funds for all kinds of […]
Start-up of the day: creating treatment for rare disease patients
The cost and risk of failure of traditional drug discovery approaches means people with rare diseases tend to be sidelined by the pharmaceutical industry who […]
Free AI-software for Covid-19 triage on chest x-rays
Delft Imaging has leveraged its expertise and has joined forces with Thirona, Radboudumc, Bernhoven,(Netherlands), HT médica (Spain) and Fakultas Kedokteran UI (Indonesia) to develop a […]
Blood tests can detect Alzheimer’s disease at an early stage
If a doctor diagnoses someone with Alzheimer’s disease, it is often too late. The condition has progressed too far to be treated. The scientists Dr. […]
Tomorrow is Good: give patients access to their own data
It was only a matter of time before the war over the standardization in healthcare would start. Of course, over the past few years tremendous […]
New fight against infectious diseases can be done without antibiotics
Research into the cholera bacterium has yielded a new therapeutic approach that can be applied to almost all infectious diseases. New drugs developed on this […]
Is your child sleeping enough? A blood test could reveal that
A human being needs eight hours of sleep. That this long-held statement doesn’t apply to everyone across the board has been known for quite some […]
Low lymphocyte count in your blood indicates upcoming grave illness
If the number of so-called lymphocytes in your blood is very low, then this is an indication that you may become gravely ill over time. […]
Dangerous cucumber CABYV virus is spreading to Northern Europe
A group of German scientists headed by the Leibniz-Institut DSMZ from Braunschweig succeeded for the first time in isolating the cucumber virus CABYV (Cucurbit Aphid-borne […]