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Clinical trial could change standard treatment for stroke
October 22 2014 A large international clinical trial has shed new light on the effectiveness of […]
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Tags: bleeding, blood clot, blood pressure, blood pressure medication, clinical trial, Division of Clinical Neurosciences, glyceryl trinitrate skin patch, haemorrhagic, hospital protocols, ischaemic, medicated skin patches, research, stroke, Stroke Trial Unit, The Lancet
Flexibility in disease outbreak management could save lives and money
October 21 2014 Research by a team of epidemiologists from the UK and the USA has […]
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Tags: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, disease outbreak management, Dr Katriona Shea, Dr Matthew Ferrari, Dr Michael Tildesley, epidemiologists, financial and health benefits, foot and mouth outbreak, infectious disease modelling, National Institutes of Health EEID, Pennsylvania State University, PLOS Biology, RAPIDD Program of the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security, vaccination
New cell model to speed up development of brain tumour drugs
September 3 2014 New research from The University of Nottingham looks set to improve screening for […]
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Tags: children with brain tumours, Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre, Delyan Ivanov, Dr Martin Garnett, drug delivery systems, EPSRC AstraZeneca Centre, new cancer drugs, new methodology, Oncology, PLOS one, Professor David Walker, School of Pharmacy
Grabbing attention to raise awareness of ADHD
September 2 2014 A new interactive game and educational video is set to tour Nottingham and […]
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Tags: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Attention Grabber, Dr Alinda Gillott, game, Institute of Mental Health, Michael Craven, National Institute for Health Research MindTech Healthcare Technology Co-operative, neurodevelopmental condition, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, University of Nottingham Innovation Park
Study supports New Medicine Service
August 13 2014 Research published today shows that the New Medicine Service (NMS), an innovative medicines […]
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Tags: adherence to medication, Antony Chuter, community pharmacies, Dr Maureen Baker, New Medicine Service, prescriber, Professor Rachel Elliott, Royal College of GPs, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, University College London
Bacteria resistant materials – £2m to get the ‘inside’ story
July 29 2014 Researchers who discovered a group of new materials capable of repelling bacteria have […]
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Tags: Bacteria resistant materials, Camstent Ltd, indwelling medical devices, materials science, microbiology, Nature Biotechnology, polymers, Professor Morgan Alexander, Professor Paul Williams, School of Life Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award
Research offers new hope for treatment of rare genetic disease
July 23 2014 New research by experts at The University of Nottingham could offer new […]
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Tags: Dr Lucy Fairclough, Familial Hibernian Fever, fever, German Cancer Research Centre, immunology, inflammation, Mansoura University, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, rare genetic disease, School of Life Sciences, The European Journal of Immunology, The Quarterly Journal of Medicine, therapy, TNF Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome, TRAPS
Pinpointing the damage alcohol does to the brain
New research has identified, for the first time, the structural damage at a molecular level that […]
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Tags: alcohol abuse, brain damage, Dr Wayne Carter, molecular level, PLOS one, Post-mortem brain tissue, prefrontal cortex, School of Life Sciences, School of Medicine, structural damage