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An EPSRC-Funded project aimed at developing transformative deep ultraviolet light therapies
u-Care Vision
Bring together a world leading team of engineers, physicists, biologists, and clinician scientists.
Technology
Cutting-edge new healthcare technologies based on the unique properties of deep ultraviolet light.
Impact
About u-Care
u-Care is a multidisciplinary project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
The project was awarded £6.1M of funding in 2020 through EPSRC’s “Transformative Healthcare Technologies for 2050” call, and officially started on the 1st of January 2021.
u-Care will exploit cutting-edge techniques in laser physics to develop new sources of deep UV light which are compact and robust. We will develop ways to precisely deliver this light for new therapies that target some of the biggest challenges facing medicine: cellular-precision cancer surgery, and the emergence of drug-resistant “super-bugs”.
Technology
u-Care will involve engineers and physical scientists working in close collaboration with clinicians and biomedical scientists to verify that the therapies we develop are effective and safe.
Clinical Pull
Through u-Care, we aim to develop advanced deep UV light sources and other enabling technologies, and so create transformative deep UV light therapies.
Funding Bodies
EPSRC
UKRI
U-Care Institutions
Heriot-Watt University
University of Edinburgh
University of Bath
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