Pages tagged with: school-of-biomedical-and-healthcare-sciences
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Deep-sea sponges – home to the next generation of antimicrobials?
Plymouth University news: New antibiotics, and therapies for cancer, immune deficiency and wound healing, could be waiting to be found in sponges found in the deep sea environment
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University spin-out company addresses new vaccines
Plymouth University news: The Vaccine Group is a new spin-out company headed by Dr Michael Jarvis, which will develop new vaccines using innovative and ground breaking methods
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Funding for first system to monitor the hidden dangers of ships’ ballast
Plymouth University news: Innovate UK has provided funding for the development of the first system to monitor ships' ballast water for dangers including antibiotic resistance
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New data network for Huntington's disease research
Plymouth University news: The first data network for Huntington's disease research is now available thanks to an international project group including the University of Plymouth, with a blueprint which could be used for data networks in other conditions
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Consortium receives funding to discover, develop and manufacture new antibiotics
Plymouth University news: A consortium including the University of Plymouth will use Innovate UK funding to develop a new family of antibiotics
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Could sleep affect weight gain in pregnancy?
Plymouth University news: The Nutrition Society has supported a biomedical sciences student in her project which asks the question - could sleep affect weight gain in pregnancy?
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Innovate UK funds new kind of vaccine to target deadly pathogens emerging from animals
Plymouth University news: Innovate UK has funded a project looking to develop a new type of vaccine designed to tackle emerging infectious diseases in animals before they affect humans
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Encouraging signs for potential new antibiotic
Plymouth University news: A study led by the University of Plymouth demonstrates for the first time that epidermicin could be a viable alternative to existing antimicrobial agents
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Medical Research Council funds development of new strategies to treat and prevent Hepatitis C virus infection
Plymouth University news: Together with colleagues from the University of Oxford, Plymouth scientists are investigating new strategies for the treatment and prevention of Hepatitis C virus infection, thanks to funding from the Medical Research Council
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Grant for nerve tumour research
Plymouth University news: Children's charity Action Medical Research has awarded a grant of over £65,000 for research investigating drug therapies for neurofibromatosis 2
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Fruit fly neurons hold the key to the molecular causes of mental diseases
Plymouth University news: A research team led by Plymouth University has for the first time used fruit fly neurons to gain a better understanding of the molecular causes of mental diseases
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World first blood test reduces risk and increases accuracy in prenatal testing
Plymouth University news: Together with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth University researchers have identified a simple and safe DNA foetal blood test to identify blood group, sex and genetic conditions