Healthcare

Antibacterial Bioactive Glass Doubles Down on Microbial Resistance to Antibiotics. Infections linked to medical devices such as catheters, dental implants, orthopaedics and wound dressings could be dramatically reduced using a simple technique, according ...

CO2 Recycling and Efficient Drug Development: Tackling Two Problems with One Reaction Scientists at the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD) in Hokkaido University have developed a method that has the potential to help recycle ...

A Promising New Approach to Rebuild Bone Tissue. Over the last 30 years, the scientific community has been working to develop a synthetic alternative to bone grafts for repairing diseased or damaged bone. McGill University researchers used the Canadian ...

Bone-building Cells Favour Different Orthopaedic Implant Designs and this can be Exploited to Create Devices that Promote Faster Healing, New Study Finds. The study, led by Dr Carmen Torres-Sanchez, a Reader in Multifunctional Materials Manufacturing, ...

From 1st January 2022, the use of E171 titanium dioxide as a food additive is to be banned in the European Union (EU). This additive is used in a variety of food products due to its ability to opacify and colour a product. The use of E171 titanium dioxide, ...