The UK Government has launched a new Life Sciences Sector Plan, aiming to make the UK the top life sciences economy in Europe by 2030, and third globally by 2035.

UK Biobank’s imaging project was piloted in 2014 with over 7,000 volunteers scanned – a record-breaking number at that time.

A simple digital photograph of the back of the eye can predict a major cardiovascular event – such as a heart attack or stroke – set to happen in the next decade with 70 per cent accuracy, according ...