World-first ovarian cancer vaccine ‘hopes to wipe out disease’

Professor Ahmed Ahmed, director of the ovarian cancer cell laboratory at MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Oxford, is leading the research into the first ovarian cancer vaccine. 

The hope is that the jab could one day be given to women preventatively on the NHS with the aim of eliminating the disease.

Tech & Science Daily speak to the creator of a device helping people with Parkinson's to walk.

Martijn van der Ent, Medical Director and co-founder of Cue2Walk International, explains how they created the sensor worn on the leg that detects movements and automatically triggers a rhythmic signal.

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• Google introduces new way to search by filming video
• TikTok influencer 'Mr Prada' arrested for second degree murder
• Nearly £22 billion pledged for UK carbon capture projects
• Has Nessie been found? Loch Ness skipper shares pictures of monster-like shape caught on sonar

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