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Art and academia: Healthy Lifespan Institute members present research at the Festival of the Mind

This year, Professor Ilaria Bellantuono and Dr Lee Pretlove shared their research discoveries with the general public at Sheffield’s Festival of the Mind.
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Early career researchers present findings to public in lecture series

Ameli Vidanearachchi and Haoyang Liu presented their research findings as part of the Sheffield u3a showroom lecture series.
Rahul Sidhu presenting at Dementia Futures

Dementia Futures 2024 - Bringing dementia research to the general public

Dementia Futures is a public-facing conference funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK. Members of the Neuroscience and Healthy Lifespan Institutes presented their research to the public for discussion.
An image of the Tasty Spoon concept, an arm of a woman is holding the spoon above a plate. The spoon is grey.

New ‘Tasty Spoon’™ will enhance food flavours for people living with dementia

A spoon, designed to enhance the flavour of food for dementia patients experiencing a loss of taste, could help combat high levels of malnutrition.
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Is chronic stress ageing you? There are ways to fight back

Our Co-Director, Professor Ilaria Bellantuono, explains the science behind stress leading to ageing, and how it damages your immune system in an article in The Times.
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Prof. Ilaria Bellantuono comments on research that finds that grape seed extract has anti-ageing properties in mice

Healthy Lifespan Co-Director, Prof. Ilaria Bellantuono provides a review of new research that identified a component of grape seed extract as a potentially effective senolytic for Medical News Today.

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Healthy Lifespan Institute members amongst founders of new ILC Network in Europe

ILC Europe Network, launching this week, is represented by academics, practitioners, civil society representatives and business leaders with a focus on helping societies address longevity and population ageing in positive and productive ways.
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Understanding the experience of wearing dentures

The Healthy Lifespan Institute at The University of Sheffield, has been awarded £200k from GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Research & Development, UK to study the experiences of people living with removable partial dentures.
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Understanding DNA breaks and repair

Hannah Crane and Arwa Abugable from the School of Biosciences at the University of Sheffield explore the effects of damaging and repairing DNA.