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Researcher secures funding to further investigate treatment for neuro-tumours
Dr Sylwia Ammoun has secured £112,071 from Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and Sparks to research into hereditary condition Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2). Her work could offer hope to the thousands of, mainly young, people affected by NF2.
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Educating for capability and sustainability of the healthcare workforce – Professor Tom Gale
What's on at the University of Plymouth: The Inaugural Professorial Lecture of Tom Gale, Professor of Medical Education, 22 April 2021
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Five Plymouth projects shortlisted for national awards
Five projects from the University of Plymouth have been named finalists in a national awards scheme that recognises best practice in patient experience - the Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNAs)
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![<p>Pictured are Professor Richard Byng, GP and Professor in Primary Care Research at the University of Plymouth; Ian Sherriff, Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia at the University of Plymouth; Dorothy Tudor, who cares for partner with dementia and is helping to inform the research; and Dr Val Mann Associate Professor in Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Plymouth<br></p>]()
£2.7 million study to focus on dementia support workers in primary care
A new study led by the University of Plymouth is investigating how to introduce dementia support workers into GPs surgeries, with the ultimate aim of improving the quality of life for dementia patients and their carers.
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Investigating Parkinson's disease and Dementia with Lewy bodies
Research at the University of Plymouth: ITSMed researchers investigating the causes and mechanisms that lead to nerve cell death, resulting in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies, thanks to funding from the charity BRACE.
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Brain tumour diagnosis has 'double' financial impact, report shows
The report by University partner charity Brain Tumour Research shows an average financial loss of £14,783 per household per year – more than double the £6,840 for all cancers.
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Caprice Bourret visited the University of Plymouth Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence on 28 February 2019 to find out more about scientists’ work on low grade tumours schwannomas and meningiomas.
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Supermodel and entrepreneur explores brain tumour research at Plymouth
Caprice Bourret, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2017, has visited the University of Plymouth Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence
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Research shows key function of specialised cells in peripheral nerve repair
New research reveals how a macrophage - a cell in our immune system found in most tissues - uses a specific cell signalling pathway to control the processes of nerve repair following damage
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University researchers to tackle drug-resistant disease that jumps from pigs to humans
Dr Michael Jarvis's The Vaccine Group and Professor Mat Upton have received £700,000 funding from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to tackle a disease which can cause meningitis, blood poisoning, or septicaemia.
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Healthy living, healthy liver | Research Festival 2020
University of Plymouth Research Festival 2020. Healthy living, healthy liver – how lifestyle choices influence liver disease. Tuesday 21 January 2020.
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Mantle cell lymphoma patients living longer thanks to specialist clinic
Plymouth patients are shown to be living, on average, twice as long as the general population in new work by University researchers Professor Simon Rule and Dr Rory McCulloch - clinicians in the Haematology team at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
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New technology to empower Parkinson’s patients
People with Parkinson’s could see their care transformed thanks to a new service involving wearable technology.
