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Blood vessel protein could be harnessed to treat prostate tumours
November 10 2014 Research involving Nottingham academics has shown that a signal protein that plays a […]
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Tags: anti-angiogenic, BBSRC, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Bristol University, Cancer Biology Unit, Dr Sebastian Oltean, new drugs, Oncogene, Oncology, proangiogenic, Professor David Bates, prognosis, prostate cancer, Prostate Cancer UK, research, Richard Bright VEGF Research Trust, School of Medicine, signal protein vascular endothelial growth factor
Prison and probation risk assessment tool is not effective in judging re-offending
November 5 2014 A psychological risk assessment tool used by prisons and the probation service (NOMS) […]
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Tags: Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology, Criminal Justice and Behaviour, Dr Ruth Tully, prisons and the probation service, Professor Kevin Browne, Professor Leam Craig, psychological risk assessment tool, reconviction, research, SARN-TNA, School of Psychology, sex offenders, Structured Assessment of Risk and Need – Treatment Needs Analysis
Engineers develop an early warning system to make fracking safer
November 3 2014 New technology developed by researchers at The University of Nottingham could offer an […]
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Tags: British Geological Survey, Copernicus Masters Earth Monitoring Competition, Department of Civil Engineering, Dr Andrew Sowter, early warning system, earthquakes, fracking, GNSS Research Applications Centre of Excellence, Intermittent Small Baseline Subset method, land stability, PUNNET GEO, research, Shale gas extraction
Research could offer new hope for patients with cardiovascular disease
November 2 2014 New research has shown a protein that controls the growth of new blood vessels […]
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Tags: antiangiogenic VEGF, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Biology Unit, cardiovascular disease, Dr Shannon Amoils, leg amputation, National institutes of Health, Nature Medicine, new blood vessel growth, peripheral arterial disease, proangiogenic VEGF, Professor David Bates, research, signal protein vascular endothelial growth factor, symptomatic arterial disease
New research centre to focus on the function of the human mind
October 30 2014 A new Centre of Excellence has been unveiled by the Institute of Mental […]
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Tags: Centre of Excellence, eye-tracking technology, Institute of Mental Health, neuroimaging, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Professor Peter Liddle, RECOGNeyes, research, Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Imaging Centre, The Centre for Translational Neuroimaging for Mental Health
Pumpkins can ward off more than evil spirits
October 28 2014 They ward off evil spirits on Halloween, their juice is much loved by […]
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Tags: Abant Izzet Baysal University, cucurbits, diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Dr Gary Adams, Halloween, macromolecules, medicinal properties, pumpkin seeds, Pumpkins, School of Biosciences
New research calls for more action to prevent childhood injuries
October 27 2014 Young children from socially-deprived households are still most at risk from injuries in […]
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Tags: burns, childhood injuries, Dr Elizabeth Orton, fractures, injury-related health inequalities, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, PLOS one, poisonings, research, socially-deprived households, Socio-economic deprivation, The Health Improvement Network, Townsend Index of material deprivation
£9m for MRI in Nottingham to revolutionise research into disease
October 23 2014 When Nobel Prize winner Sir Peter Mansfield constructed the very first MRI scanner […]
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Tags: ARUK National Pain Centre, exercise, funding, magnetic resonance imaging, Medical Research Council, MRC-ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, MRI, NIHR Biomedical Research Units, Professor Ian Hall, Professor Peter Morris, Sir Peter Mansfield, Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, the ARUK Centre for Sport, the Institute of Mental Health, the Respiratory Disease Research Centres