All articles by Allie Nawrat

Timeline: charting the history of orthopaedic devices as DePuy Synthes turns 125

DePuy Synthes was the world’s first commercial orthopaedic company. It is now one of the world’s largest orthopaedic and neurological…
Exploring the challenges of regulating faecal microbiota transplants

In the 4th century AD, a Chinese doctor called Ge Hong performed treated his diarrhoea patients with faeces from healthy…
WheezeScan: device sparks hope for detecting asthma attacks in under-fives

Every ten seconds, someone in the UK has a potentially life-threatening asthma attack, according to Asthma UK. Research suggests that…
Democratising ultrasound with Caption: how can AI transform pneumonia diagnosis?

First used in the 1950s, ultrasounds rely on high-frequency sound waves to provide cross-sectional images of the body. Over the…
Scotland: towards a med tech manufacturing powerhouse

The locations that come to mind when discussing the UK’s strong life sciences sector are London, Cambridge and Oxford; in…

Treating tinnitus: could neuromodulation provide a long-term solution?

Understanding Tinnitus Causes and Symptoms Derived from the Latin word for ringing, tinnitus is the perception of noises in the…
Defeating motor neuron disease: Scott-Morgan’s mission to become the first human cyborg

In 2017, scientist and robotics expert Dr Peter Scott-Morgan was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), the same degenerative disease…
From M&A freezes to delayed procedures, how disruptive has 2020 been for med tech?

Over the past ten years, the med tech sector has consistently performed well and experienced growth. With 2019 seeing the…
CureApp: could digital therapeutics be a lifeline for NASH patients?

At the end of June, the frontrunner in the race to develop and commercialise a drug for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a…
The future of data storage: Biohackers is first Netflix show to be stored in Twist DNA

German Netflix science thriller Biohackers follows medical student Mia Akerlund at the University of Freiburg, who is not only pursuing…