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Healthcare Technologies is a university-wide initiative led by the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences and the James Watt School of Engineering. Our focus is on developing innovative solutions to some of modern healthcare’s most pressing challenges. By integrating engineering principles with medical science, we enhance patient care and create scalable, cost-effective technologies.

Our innovations support healthcare professionals in tackling major health conditions, including cardiovascular diseases, neurological disorders, and cancer, by improving disease detection, patient monitoring, and personalised treatment.

Global challenges in medicine and healthcare are becoming increasingly urgent as populations grow and age. Our vision is to address these challenges intelligently through the design of advanced materials, medical devices, and healthcare systems.

This work is underpinned by the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre (JWNC), which supports everything from prototype development to small-scale production, handling a vast range of materials to drive cutting-edge healthcare advancements.

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Case studies

Sonocap

Sonopill

Engineers from Glasgow are developing a capsule that can travel through the gut to diagnose and treat diseases

Endothelial cell-coated beads encapsulated within FN-PEG hydrogels in order to study the pro-angiogenic activity (EC sprouting) of the system when supplementing the media with VEGF. Endothelial cells are activated upon VEGF signals and migrate accordingly in the appropriate environment. Image by Sara Trujillo-Muñoz

Engineering better outcomes for drug development

The development of non-animal technologies by Glasgow bioengineers and life scientists will improve the prospects for drugs that make it to clinical trial.

3D illustration of graphene molecules

Solar powered synthetic skin

Glasgow scientists are using graphene to create touch-sensitive synthetic skin

Finger prick blood test at a Ugandan clinic

Low cost diagnostics for disease elimination

Paper-based origami diagnostic tests to aid disease elimination

An artist's impression of how the Healthcare QUEST system might work, showing a patient in a wheelchair being pushed across a living room, while a red line from a monitor on the wall shows how their health is being monitored and a second red line heading towards a base station on a table shows how the information is stored and shared.
An artist's impression of how the Healthcare QUEST system might work, showing a patient in a wheelchair being pushed across a living room, while a red line from a monitor on the wall shows how their health is being monitored and a second red line heading towards a base station on a table shows how the information is stored and shared.

£5.5m funding boost for home healthcare monitoring technology

Mon, 07 Sep 2020 09:30:00 BST

A project which aims to develop quantum-powered health sensors for home use in order to spot the earliest signs of disease is being backed by £5.5m in new funding.