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By Victoria Masterson A SPIN-OUT from the University of Edinburgh has raised £1 million to develop a new device that could “revolutionise” the early diagnosis and monitoring of difficult to detect cancers, such as kidney, thyroid and brain cancer. BioCaptiva raised the seed investment from business angel syndicate, Archangels, and economic development agency Scottish Enterprise for its ‘BioCollector’ device. The company says this overcomes “significant limitations” of current liquid biopsy testing – where blood is analysed for cells from cancerous tumours. “We are confident that this platform technology can make a significant impact in this important area and, ultimately, enable cancers to be detected more quickly and accurately, enabling patients to receive precision cancer treatment as early as possible,” said BioCaptiva chief executive Jeremy Wheeler.
Russian Scientist Alexander Sasha Kagansky Found Dead Under Mysterious Circumstances, Was Working on COVID-19 Vaccine latestly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from latestly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
21 Dec 2020
Police found a Russian scientist working on a vaccine for the Chinese coronavirus dead this weekend, concluding that he fell out of a building in St. Petersburg, local media have confirmed.
Alexander “Sasha” Kagansky died with stab wounds on his body, reports stated.
According to the Russian newspaper
Moskovsky Komsomolets (
MK), Kagansky fell from the 14th floor of a building in St. Petersburg in just his underwear. Russian police are reportedly investigating the incident as a homicide and have questioned another man about the incident.
MK noted that Kagansky, a biologist with close ties to the University of Edinburgh, had been working on the development of a coronavirus vaccine “under strange circumstances.”