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Although AI tools can support in capturing what was said by patients, they can sometimes miss out on important aspects of consultations

AI-powered fluorescence imaging predicts actionable lung cancer mutations without genetic testing

Study reveals previously unknown enzyme may influence susceptibility to lung fibrosis

Tiny algae-based robots improve tumour drug penetration and reduce tumour burden in preclinical study

Simple one-step process converts existing plastics into sulfur-containing materials with improved degradability

In research conducted in mice, scientists identified a trio of existing medicines as promising candidates for treating a rare and severe form of infant leukemia caused by a genetic changed called KMT2A::AFF1

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh engineered E. coli bacteria to turn a type of plastic used widely in food and drink packaging – polyethylene terephthalate, or PET – into L-DOPA

Scientists from the Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Wisconsin–Madison found that in natural peatlands viruses were able to infect cells of microbes, replicate and then kill the cell before leaving to infect other cells

Findings from the study reveal how a repair system inside some bacteria plays a pivotal role in helping them survive commonly-used antibiotics

Researchers say the work demonstrates that precise gene editing can prevent infection by disrupting a pig protein the virus relies on to make copies of itself within the cells of the pig

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh’s Wallace Lab revel a new discovery that a common bacterium can turn everyday plastic waste into the painkiller

Scientists have discovered a molecule that could aid the development of new treatments for MND

A pioneering method to simulate how microscopic particles move through the air could boost efforts to combat air pollution, a study suggests

A study suggests a new screening method that combines laser analysis with a type of AI is the first of its kind to identify patients in the earliest stage of breast cancer

University of Edinburgh researchers have found higher immunization rates among children during lockdown

Developing drugs that target these proteins could be one way of slowing the ageing process

Study findings add to the evidence that vaccination during pregnancy does not increase the risk of complications in pregnancy but COVID-19 does