Tech & Science Daily: NHS drones deliver cancer drugs in 30 minutes

Plus, how spider venom can treat heart attack patients
The NHS said that the chemotherapy drone delivery would be a ‘world first’ (Apian/PA)
Rachelle Abbott5 July 2022

Drones will be used to send chemotherapy drugs from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight.

The technology is being trialled to save time transporting the drugs, which can have a short shelf-life.

And it’ll be quite the time saving - cutting the journey from 4 hours using a car and ferry, to just half an hour whizzing through the air with the drone.

Google’s calling on all Windows Chrome users to update the browser immediately.

It’s because of a bug that has been given ‘zero-day’ status - which means it’s possible and highly likely that hackers know about the issue and are actively exploiting it.

A new treatment that could prevent damage caused by heart attacks using venom from a spider, is on track to go to human trials.

Tech & Science Daily spoke to Mark Smythe - CEO of bioscience firm Infensa - who explained how the drug works by using a molecule from the venom of one of the world’s deadliest spiders - the Australian funnel-web.

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