Using MRI as a screening test alongside PSA density allowed detection of cancers that would have been missed by the blood test alone, according to research from UCL, UCLH and King’s College London.
The software can identify malaria parasites in blood samples almost as accurately as experts staffing microscopes used in standard diagnostic procedures.
Initial results from an early phase study investigating a new ‘gene silencing’ therapy for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) suggest the treatment has the potential to alter the course of the disease.
Professor Jonathan Schott has received the 2023 Bill Thies Award for Distinguished Service to The Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment.
A rapid brain imaging protocol for the diagnosis and monitoring of the disease would make it possible to acquire scans in just five minutes instead of 20 to 30 minutes.
Researchers and people living with Parkinson’s have produced new information booklets for clinicians and patients to support easier conversations about Parkinson’s dementia.
New machine learning technology can use real-time A&E data to predict how many patients will need an emergency bed later that day and in which part of the hospital.
