Research, evaluation and insight

The report aimed to identify key emerging drug targets of the future.

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The study focused principally on a range of electrical energy storage (ES) applications and associated technologies needed for large scale and micro or portable ES (it did not consider the production and storage of conventional fuels).

The report investigated the use of digital media and communications in healthcare.

Immunotherapy is defined broadly as a set of clinical interventions aimed at counteracting disease by modulating a patient’s immune system, using both conventional small molecule approaches and tools derived from the immune system itself.

This foresighting report aimed to define the commercial opportunities that improved reservoir imaging (RI) could access, either through fewer dry holes or by improved assessment and recovery of reserves.

Molecular imaging is an interdisciplinary field focused on the non invasive measurement and characterisation of biological, cellular, and molecular processes as they occur in living organisms.

This research was conducted to provide an overview of the current market and future possibilities for stem cell research and development in Scotland.

Next generation computing systems are defined as ‘systems that enable complex and sophisticated computing applications to be executed in an efficient and cost-effective manner’.

ITI Techmedia was commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE) to undertake labour market research into the retail commerce and finance (RC&F) sector.

Micogeneration includes power generation systems up to 10 kWe (kilowatt electrical) for mass-market residential and small commercial applications.

The report aimed to identify sectors where reductions in the invasiveness of key technology could significantly impact the medical device market.

Nanomedicine can be defined as the application of nanotechnology to the prevention and treatment of disease in the human body.

Non-invasive medical devices can be defined as those which do not require insertion into any part of the patient’s body for diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of disease.

This report aimed to examine the existing and potential application of modern biotechnology, as applied to plant life.

The report defines synthetic biology as either the design and construction of new biological parts, devices and systems or the re-design of existing, natural biological systems for useful purposes.

Synthetic biology is the application of engineering concepts to the construction of biological systems.

Monoclonal antibodies (mabs) are monospecific antibodies that are artificially produced from particular substances in order to detect or purify those substances.

Torrefaction is a low temperature thermal process applied to biomass materials to modify their properties for further processing.

Cell-based screening is a target-based approach to drug discovery using screening assays.

The advanced wound management market targets hard-to-heal and chronic wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers, that are growing in prevalence.

This report provides a summary of ITI Energy’s initial foresighting study on the market for low cost renewables (LCR) technology, focused specifically on wind and marine energy.

The research aimed to provide a snapshot view of the learning sector, looking specifically at the market for the provision, delivery and administration of learning through the use of new media and network technologies.

The research aimed to provide a snapshot view of the online entertainment and leisure (OEL) sector, looking specifically at the market for online delivery of digital entertainment and leisure services to end consumers, including the delivery of music, games, movie and gambling services over fixed and wireless networks, and the personalisation of mobile phones through ringtones and infotainment content.

This document provides market intelligence into the sector defined as communications services by the Intermediary Technology Institute (ITI) in Techmedia.