Experimental combinatorial therapy eliminates an incurable brain tumor

23-Feb-2022 - A study recently accepted for publication in The Journal of Clinical Investigation describes a new and effective therapy to treat glioblastoma: the concomitant use of ADI-PEG20 together with focal brain radiotherapy. This double treatment completely eliminated the tumour in the animal models used ...

Developing an optical methodology for rapid detection of COVID-19

The new tool has made it possible to detect SARS-CoV-2 in exudate from symptomatic patients with a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 87.5%

21-Feb-2022 - This new methodology, whose first results are published in Scientific Reports, has obtained a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 87.5% in the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal exudate (the same samples used in a PCR test) from symptomatic people. It has also been possible to detect ...

New analysis finds hempseed oil packed with health-promoting compounds

31-Jan-2014 - Long stigmatized because of its “high”-inducing cousins, hemp — derived from low-hallucinogenic varieties of cannabis — is making a comeback, not just as a source of fiber for textiles, but also as a crop packed with oils that have potential health benefits. A new study, which appears in ACS’ ...

Midatech secures exclusive position to exploit magnetic noble metal nanoparticles through new IP licenses

Technology has potential applications in bacterial infection and cancer

06-Feb-2008 - Midatech Andalucía S.L., a subsidiary of Midatech Group has signed an exclusive world-wide license agreement with the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and the Materials Science Institute of Seville, which is a shared center of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) and ...