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Lockdown runner to complete 52km for University MS research
Evelyn Truter, 52, will be running 52km around Clevedon and surrounding villages in Somerset to raise money for MS research at the University of Plymouth.
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Can an app improve the 12-week wait for mental health support?
A new project is investigating whether a digital health app, Wysa, can support people to manage their mental health and improve their resilience.
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Academics highlight major health challenges facing coastal communities
Professor of Health Policy Sheena Asthana and Senior Research Fellow Dr Alex Gibson, from the University of Plymouth, wrote a chapter analysing the burden of disease for the Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2021.
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New technology to aid medical research and discovery
Funding from the Wolfson Foundation will support a new state of the art mass spectrometer.
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Scientists uncover new signalling pathway that could shed light on damage repair during brain injury
The study in 'Cell Reports' has uncovered a signalling pathway that causes neural cells to enter divisions after damage.
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Researcher launches platform for people with rare diseases
The new South West Rare Disease Policy group will bring people together to inform recommendations on how to improve current policies.
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New research explores people’s experience of anxiety in Parkinson’s
Anxiety amplifies the physical signs of Parkinson’s disease, according to people who experience both conditions.
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Cell adaptation in critically ill could be difference between life and death, new study shows
The new study led by Dr Helen McKenna shows early signs that cells in some critically ill patients actually adapt to their conditions by producing energy more efficiently.
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Research shows links between loot boxes and problem gaming
New research has shown that ‘loot boxes’ in video games are structurally and psychologically akin to gambling
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Professor appointed to newly created role with NIHR
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has appointed Professor Ruth Endacott to the newly created role of NIHR Director for Nursing and Midwifery
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Virtual reality could help to reduce pain for people with nerve injuries
New research has shown that soothing 360-degree scenes of the Arctic in virtual reality can help to ease pain symptoms such as prickling and pain following touch.
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Research breakthrough could see simple blood test replace surgery for some brain tumour patients
Researchers at the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at the University of Plymouth have discovered a biomarker which helps to distinguish whether meningioma – the most common form of adult primary brain tumour – is grade I or grade II.
