Cancer breakthrough: Glowing dye helps find invisible cells - Tech & Science Daily podcast
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University of Oxford scientists have developed a dye that sticks to cancer cells, to give surgeons a “second pair of eyes” when tackling tumours.
The dye effectively flags up areas of cancerous tissue not picked up by the naked eye during surgery, allowing doctors to remove far more of the cancer in real-time, slashing the chance of the disease coming back.
Professor Freddie Hamdy, the Nuffield Professor of Surgery at Oxford, who led the study tells Tech & Science Daily how they made the dye attach to specific cancer cells, and how they use a special camera to spot the dye during surgery.
An electric headset designed to offer a new way to treat depression has been given the go ahead to be used more widely on the NHS.
The headset, developed by Flow Neuroscience uses a brain stimulation technique known as transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS, to send a weak electric current to part of the brain responsible for emotional expression.
In a recent NHS trial, patients were asked to use the headset for half-an-hour every day for six weeks, and the research found over 58% of people saw improvements within that time-frame.
The study found that it was an "effective depression treatment", and recommended it as a more widespread treatment for depression.
Erin Lee, CEO of Flow Neuroscience tells Tech & Science Daily exactly how the headset works, and why it can be an effective alternative to drugs for some patients.
The NHS is calling on O blood-type donors to book appointments across the country following the ransomware attack affecting major London hospitals.
The IT attack means the affected hospitals cannot currently match patients’ blood at the same frequency as usual.
O-negative can be given to anyone, and is known as the universal blood type.
Several London hospitals declared a critical incident, cancelled operations and tests, and were unable to carry out blood transfusions this week after the attack on the pathology firm Synnovis.
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Generative AI expected to dominate at ‘momentous’ Apple conference, YouTube announces new restrictions on gun videos, new skateboarding MMO from makers of Tony Hawk's due this summer.
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