Pre-sepsis, broadly, describes the changes that lead to the onset of sepsis. In practice, researchers are proposing that ...

While not every instance of sepsis is caused by an infection, the majority happen when the body’s immune system overreacts to ...

Transcriptomics is the analysis of the transcriptome, the collection of all ribonucleic acid (RNA) that is present in a sample (a cell, tissue or organ) at a given time. RNA performs many functions ...

Continued improvements in computing power and techniques means that health services are beginning to experience the benefits that machine learning has to offer. From supporting healthcare ...

Latest: Read the related paper High-fidelity synthetic patient data applications and privacy considerations (PDF download) by Puja Myles, Colin Mitchell, Elizabeth ...

Visual identifiers in the care of people with dementia, addresses the ethical and legal issues affecting the use of visual identifiers in hospitals, exploring issues such as patient autonomy, consent, ...

Opinions differ as to the value of genetic information in the form of polygenic scores and the usefulness of polygenic score analysis as part of routine healthcare – clinical utility. Views on ...

Alison Hall explains the aims of the DELTA project which explored how three novel technologies could be used in the early of detection oesophageal cancers. Our role was to examine the ethical and ...

Advances in clinical genomics have been enabled by short-read sequencing (SRS) technologies, where the DNA is broken into pieces up to 300 base pairs long. While these technologies have many ...

The European Union introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018 and it forms part of current UK law. A long and complex piece of legislation, the GDPR governs the processing of ...

Rebecca is responsible for delivering integrated communications strategies for PHG Foundation projects and products. She works closely with project leads to plan, design and deliver accessible, ...

Stem cells are unique in that they can develop into different kinds of specialised cells that make up the tissues and organs of the body. This ability, together with their capacity to continuously ...