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Curing the ‘incurable’ — brain cancer doctors welcome new CRUK strategy
A leading group of UK cancer experts has welcomed the announcement by Cancer Research UK that […]
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Tags: CBTRC, Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre, Professor David Walker
Tell-tail MRI image diagnosis for Parkinson’s disease
An image similar in shape to a Swallow’s tail has been identified as a new and […]
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Tags: Dr Stefan Schwarz, Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease, PLOS one, Professor Dorothee Auer, Professor Penny Gowland
Developing imaging technologies to improve animal research
The University of Nottingham is to share in £1.5m of research funding to maximise the potential […]
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Tags: animal research, animal testing, Dr Anna Grabowska, Professor Stephen Morgan
Making sense of genetic testing for heart disease
A new study by academics at The University of Nottingham looks at how patients respond to […]
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Tags: British Journal of General Practice, CHD, coronary heart disease, genetic testing, GPs, Professor Nadeem Qureshi
Young people with epilepsy significantly more at risk of injury
Children and young adults with epilepsy are more likely to suffer broken bones, burns and poisonings […]
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Tags: Dr Vibhore Prasad, epilepsy, epilepsy injury, National Institute for Health Research, young people
Moving horses from pasture to stabling can put them at risk of colic
Injury, a change in the weather, a new livery — at some point in a horse’s […]
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Tags: colic, death in horses, Dr Sarah Freeman, equine colic, horses, SCOD
Tamiflu® saved lives during Swine Flu pandemic, international study finds
Patients hospitalised worldwide with Swine Flu during the 2009-10 pandemic were more likely to survive if […]
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Tags: Dr Puja Myles, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, Swine Flu, Tamiflu®, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
New prognostic test for breast cancer could improve patient treatment
A study by researchers in Nottingham has developed a new clinical test for breast cancer which […]
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Tags: British Journal of Cancer, Division of Cancer and Steam Cells, John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, Medical Research Council, Nottingham Prognostic Index Plus, NPI+, Professor Ian Ellis