Highlighting innovation

Apeikónisi, the Greek word for ‘imaging’, is where Apeikon Therapeutics took inspiration for its name. Their revolutionary image-guided 3T technology is being developed to specifically deliver and release chemotherapy drugs to the tumour site. Apeikon Therapeutics are taking part in the SEC Innovators Club in 2021, so we took the opportunity to sit down with the co-founders to learn more about their technology and the challenges they have faced when ‘spinning-out’ a company from academia.

November 9, 2021

It’s a daunting prospect to dedicate 3 to 4 years of your life towards accomplishing one niche objective - particularly when your income is only a fraction of that of your peers. So, how do you work out if it’s right for you? This article includes perspectives from current PhD students, so should hopefully provide you with some insight to help you weigh up your decision.

October 14, 2021

We spoke all about how ‘FemTechLab’ started, how it works and how it grows the FemTech ecosystem. Before we begin, what is FemTech? This specific term has not been around long, and it was only about 5 years ago that Ida Tin, the founder of Clue, used the term to describe the sector her company fell into. FemTech, is now a major category of the health technology sector that focuses on supporting women’s health and can be anything that is designed to improve women’s health and wellness...

Caroline Babisz

September 30, 2021

Dealroom, Inkef Capital and MTIP recently released a report outlining how the UK remains at the forefront of HealthTech research in Europe. As a leading UK HealthTech hub and the largest economic area in the UK outside of London, could the Leeds City Region become the next global leader in HealthTech?

Matthew McCann

September 15, 2021

With a whopping 257 female contraceptive pills available on the market today. In stark comparison to major growth in the female contraceptive industry over the past century, the stagnation of the male contraceptive pill market is rather surprising but is this beginning to change?

August 31, 2021

Mental health problems and illnesses can affect any member of society, and scientists and researchers are no exception. Recent studies show that the rates of depression and anxiety among post-graduate students are up to six times higher than in the general population, according to a 2018 study published in Nature. Despite the severity of the issue, the mental health of post-graduate students is massively overlooked, a study by the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington DC and the Jed Foundation in New York City reported last month.

August 17, 2021

As consumers we are becoming more and more aware of the increasing demand to feed our growing population. It has been estimated that food production will need to increase by somewhere between 59% to 98% to keep up with the demand by 2050. The mass consumption of meat has been hailed as a significant cause of unsustainable food production, with huge greenhouse gas emissions associated with the meat industry...

July 29, 2021

The human race has utilised psychedelic drugs to explore realms of expanded consciousness for many millennia. However, as 21st century societies enter a growing mental health crisis, could mushrooms containing psilocybin supplement pre-existing therapies and provide new treatments for the mental health conditions so many of us battle with?

July 22, 2021

Retinol, Niacinamide, Salicylic acid. These “bioactive” ingredients have taken the skincare world by storm, trending all over YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. They claim to alter the way in which your skin functions on a molecular level to improve its appearance…which all sounds incredibly scientific and convincing. If you use Google to research these ingredients, it appears that every website, from Healthline to Vogue, is in agreement to their purported benefit. However, the evidence within scientific literature for bioactive ingredients is somewhat lacking. So, where is the ‘clinically proven’ evidence?!

July 15, 2021

In October 2014, two open community labs in the San Francisco Bay Area entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s prestigious international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) synthetic biology competition with their ‘Real Vegan Cheese’ (RVC) project and went on to win a gold medal. Counter Culture Labs and BioCurious collaborate on this grassroots, non-profit project with the goal of producing cow’s cheese without using cows.

May 28, 2021