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Jaafar Elmirghani

Published
16 February 2017
Categories
Technology

New international standards for green communication technology have been backed by the world鈥檚 largest professional body for engineers.

A pile of brightly coloured tablets in blister packs

Published
14 February 2017
Categories
News | Health

GPs want more support when offering drugs that lower the risk of certain cancers, a new report by the 嘟嘟AV and Cancer Research UK reveals.

Polio VLP

Published
1 February 2017
Categories
Science

Scientists have identified new ways to provide vaccines against polio, which do not require the growth of live virus for their manufacture.

Microscope

Published
31 January 2017
Categories
University | Science

The results of a 拢17 million investment in advanced biological research equipment have been unveiled at the University today, with the official opening of the Astbury BioStructure Laboratory.

Pedestrian simulated task for drivers

Published
30 January 2017
Categories
Technology | Health

The size of a lorry's windscreen can have a dramatic impact on the safety of other road users, according to a series of experiments conducted by psychologists at the 嘟嘟AV.

C.difficile bacteria

Published
26 January 2017
Categories
Health | News

A new treatment for Clostridium difficile (C.diff) reduces recurrent infections by nearly 40%, a large study has found.

Africa flood map

Published
25 January 2017
Categories
Environment

The first ever comparison of six of the major global flood risk monitoring computer models has revealed wide discrepancies between the information they provide.

Petri dish

Published
25 January 2017
Categories
Health | News

Restricting the use of a common antibiotic was more important than a high profile 'deep clean' of hospitals in massively reducing UK antibiotic resistant Clostridium difficile, a major study found.

Two people sitting at a desk, looking at a computer screen in the Advanced Imaging Centre.

Published
24 January 2017
Categories
Health | News

A new 拢6.8m medical imaging centre which aims to transform the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from cancer, heart disease and musculoskeletal diseases has opened.

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Published
19 January 2017
Categories
Technology | Health

A prototype robotic sleeve, which can wrap around a weak heart before synchronising with its natural motion to help it keep beating, has been developed by an international team of engineers.

Lab mouse

Published
13 January 2017
Categories
News | Health

More than 200 scientists have signed up to a tissue-sharing database designed to reduce the number of animals needed for biomedical research.

Cardiac

Published
11 January 2017
Categories
Health | News

A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis can reduce the risk of heart attacks in such patients by nearly 40%, a new study has found.

Cuvette Centrale

Published
11 January 2017
Categories
Environment

A vast peatland in the Congo Basin has been mapped for the first time, revealing it to be the largest in the tropics.

Glioblastoma cells

Published
10 January 2017
Categories
News | Health

Targeting a specific DNA-repairing protein in the brain could be an effective way to treat the most aggressive type of brain tumour, a study suggests.

Professor Anne Neville, who has been made an MBE in the 2017 New Year's Honours list

Published
31 December 2016
Categories
University

Senior 嘟嘟AV academic Professor Anne Neville has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year鈥檚 Honours list, for services to engineering.