A device that helps desperately sick patients breathe and costs around £150 to manufacture could revolutionise
It has been designed to provide therapeutic oxygen support to patients severely ill with Covid-19, pneumonia or other forms of respiratory distress – and was developed using the principles of “frugal engineering” by a team of scientists and clinicians at the University of Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust . Read more.
Our chairman of Northern Gritstone, Jim O’Neill, writes how the inequalities in the UK economy create great investment opportunities which will have wider impact. Earlier this month, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a speech in Coventry about Read more…
Scientists at the University of Leeds have developed an approach that could help in the design of a new generation of synthetic biomaterials made from proteins. The biomaterials could eventually have applications in joint repair Read more…
The North West has overtaken the South East to be named one of the UK’s top three locations for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) projects. According to EY’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey, the region is Read more…