News News stories 15 May 2024 Partnership creates pioneering app to keep families living with dementia connected A pioneering phone app designed to keep families living with dementia connected launches later this year after ethical entrepreneurs Grant Ripley and Fran Ferris discovered the University of Sheffield’s Made Together initiative. 8 May 2024 ‘Digital twin’ heart modelling project will monitor patients virtually Sheffield academics from the Faculties of Engineering and Health are part of a team of interdisciplinary researchers who will create and test the first ‘digital twin’ heart models for a group of chronically ill NHS patients 25 April 2024 New research sheds light on the weakening immune response observed in older adults Research from the Healthy Lifespan Institute offers a significant breakthrough in understanding age-related immune decline. 17 April 2024 Professor Ilaria Bellantuono receives Inaugural Academy Excellence Award from Dunhill Medical Trust Professor Ilaria Bellantuono, Co-Director of the Healthy Lifespan Institute, has been acknowledged for her dedication to enhancing research culture. Search Lateral flow test to detect recurring aggressive brain tumours The world’s first lateral flow test to detect aggressive, recurring brain tumours is being developed by scientists at the University of Sheffield and Nottingham Trent University. 6 November 2023 New research institute to accelerate the search for a cure for MND The new UK Motor Neuron Disease Research Institute, or UK MND RI, aims to discover new treatments that could ultimately mean MND becomes a curable condition. 3 November 2023 South Yorkshire leads the UK’s digital healthcare revolution An ambitious new digital healthcare hub in South Yorkshire is set to lead the UK’s digital health revolution and address inequalities in patient care. 26 October 2023 Using near-infrared spectroscopy to help unravel the mysteries of dementia Near infrared (NIR) imaging is being used by Sheffield researchers in a cross-university study to investigate the brains of Alzheimer's and Lewy body dementia patients. 17 October 2023 | Published by Laser Focus World Inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic have eroded the effectiveness of Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol in Scotland Inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic have eroded the effectiveness of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol in Scotland, a new report from the University of Sheffield has found. 21 September 2023 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 … Next page Next › Last page Last »