Julianna Photopoulos

Nov 11, 2024 | progress.org.uk | Hannah Flynn |Julianna Photopoulos

A survey has found that many fertility patients experience trauma, and they believe it is often intensified by insufficient care. Nearly 600 IVF patients in the UK and Ireland who had experienced trauma or distress as part of their fertility journey, responded to a survey carried out by Fertility Network UK, Cardiff University, Cardiff Metropolitan University and Queen's University Belfast.

Oct 2, 2023 | physicsworld.com | Julianna Photopoulos

Janne Poranen is co-founder and executive chair of Finnish start-up Spinnova, which spins wood pulp into sustainable fibre for clothes.

Sep 25, 2023 | physicsworld.com | Julianna Photopoulos

Silvia Vignolini, a physicist who studies natural photonic structures, talks to Julianna Photopoulos about working across traditional scientific boundaries, co-founding start-up companies, and setting up a new department from scratch “I always preferred science or maths over other subjects in school,” says Silvia Vignolini, “but I had no idea what a physicist actually did.” Growing up in a small town outside Florence, Italy, Vignolini’s father in fact wanted her to study a subject that would...

Aug 14, 2023 | progress.org.uk | Hannah Flynn |Julianna Photopoulos

The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published draft guidance recommending against the use of a new gene therapy for haemophilia B on the NHS. The recommendation is based on the uncertainty surrounding the long-term effectiveness of Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), as well as concerns about its cost-effectiveness and whether it is 'an acceptable use of NHS resources'.

Jul 19, 2023 | chemistryworld.com | Julianna Photopoulos

US start-up Sóliome wants to produce a peptide-based sunscreen that can be entirely biodegraded by living organisms. Micah Nelp, Sóliome’s co-founder and chief executive, believes that the product could overcome some of the environmental and health-related problems of more traditional mineral and chemical sunscreens. Various different chemicals in sunscreen are used to absorb ultraviolet (UV) light – both long wavelength (UVA) and short wavelength (UVB) – to protect us from its harmful effects.