Tech & Science Daily: UK’s first institute dedicated to early cancer research opens in Cambridge

Today sees the launch of the Early Cancer Institute (ECI) at the University of Cambridge
The Early Cancer Institute (ECI) at the University of Cambridge
Rachelle Abbott21 September 2022

The UK’s first Early Cancer Research facility has officially opened at the University of Cambridge.

It’s called the Early Cancer Institute, and the aim behind it is to create a world where we can detect cancer early enough to cure it.

Jamie Blundell, an assistant professor at the institute told Tech & Science Daily that they’re planning to focus on cancers that are hard to treat, but explained why caution is needed when using increasingly improving technology to detect cancer growth.

Researchers at Stanford University have created a device which can track tumour growth through the skin.

The wearable sensor has been tested on mice, and is sensitive to one-hundredth of a millimetre.

It’s designed to beam results to a smartphone app in real time, and it’s hoped it could be used to test the efficacy of cancer drugs.

The UN’s Secretary General is calling for fossil fuel companies to be taxed to pay for the impact of climate change.

Antonio Guterres is calling on developed economies to tax the windfall profits of polluters, and redirect the funds to countries that have suffered damage because of climate change, and to people struggling with rising food and energy prices.

A research team at Liverpool John Moores University says their recent findings suggest getting better quality sleep is more important than how much sleep you get.

It’s after they tracked the sleeping patterns of more than a thousand new recruits to the military, and estimated their chances of suffering from a respiratory infection.

Plus the scientist behind a plaster-like heart patch hoping to raise money to continue his life-saving work, how you can make money from your gym pass when you don’t go, the Evening Standard billboard being used for a Covid-19 exhibition, and the silent drone that doesn’t use propellers.

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