Bionema has announced the completion of a £500,000 equity investment, led by an overseas private investor with co-investment from the Development Bank of Wales, Swansea Innovations, Swansea University, and existing investors. The Swansea University-based biotech company specialises in the development and sale of bio-pesticides in the agri-food sector. BQ reports the investment will be used … Continue reading Bionema secures £500K to develop organic pesticides

Swansea University Medical School and St John’s Research Institute have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly establish an education hub specialising in health informatics in the Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore. Swansea University reports the MoU will facilitate India’s first of its kind education hub specialising in health informatics to be established at St … Continue reading Swansea University health informatics hub for Bangalore

Swansea University reports it has signed a landmark Collaboration Agreement with Carmarthenshire County Council and a private sector partner to develop the £200m Wellness and Life Science Village planned for Llanelli. The partnership will bring a significant range of education provision to the site, which is expected to include training for doctors, nurses and other … Continue reading Agreement signed for Llanelli’s £200m Wellness Village

Governments could relieve the pressure on the NHS by investing in upgrades to social housing, according to a new study carried out by researchers at Swansea University. The National Institute for Health Research reports the study suggests that making home improvements could help to considerably reduce emergency hospital admissions. Cold houses are thought to cause … Continue reading Home improvements prevent hospital admissions

A financial injection, announced by the Welsh Government, has the potential to improve healthcare, grow the economy and create high quality jobs. Cardiff University reports £24m will come jointly from the European Regional Development Fund and the Welsh Government. Over three years it will support ACCELERATE, the Welsh Health Innovation and Technology Accelerator, bringing together … Continue reading £33m for new Welsh healthcare products and services

Swansea University’s Academi Hywel Teifi has launched its redeveloped app, Gofalu Trwy’r Gymraeg (Caring through Welsh), at the Urdd Eisteddfod on May 30th. Swansea University reports the app, which helps healthcare workers use Welsh in their day to day work, has been so popular that a new comprehensive version has been developed thanks to funding … Continue reading Redeveloped healthcare app launched at Urdd Eisteddfod

A new study linking data from GP practices and hospitals shows that people diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other severe mental illnesses are at increased risk of premature death. The research, published in the Journal of Schizophrenia Research, was carried out by Swansea University Medical School and Cardiff University School of Medicine through the … Continue reading Premature death 3 times more likely with schizophrenia

A new online study, led by Swansea University PhD student Amanda Marchant, is aiming to learn more about self-harm. The UK has the highest self-harm rate in Europe, with an estimated one in two hundred and fifty people self-harming. The new study, based in Swansea, is called Self-harm Research UK (SHARE UK). SHARE UK is … Continue reading Study looking for people who have self-harmed

Swansea University Medical School’s Joint Clinical Research Facility (JCRF), in collaboration with the Diabetes Research Unit Cymru, has been chosen by the Sanofi Global Network to become the new national centre of excellence. Swansea University reports the JCRF is a joint enterprise between Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (ABMU) and Swansea University Medical School. … Continue reading Swansea University to host diabetes centre of excellence

Nanoparticles derived from tea leaves inhibit the growth of lung cancer cells, destroying up to 80% of them. The team, involving researchers from Swansea University, K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, and Bharathiar University, made the discovery while they were testing out a new method of producing a type of nanoparticle called quantum dots. Swansea … Continue reading Quantum dots from tea leaves destroy cancer cells