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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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Drugs to stabilise plaques could prevent stroke

Drugs which target white blood cells and stabilise atherosclerotic plaques could be used to help prevent strokes, according to research presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference.
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Paving the way for the use of controlled heat as a therapeutic adjunct to topoisomerase targeting therapeutics.

In this paper, we show that hyperthermia suppresses the level of topoisomerase mediated single- and double-strand breaks induced by exposure to topoisomerase poisons.

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Sheffield u3a members to play active role in Healthy Lifespan Institute Research

The Healthy Lifespan Institute and Sheffield u3a (formerly University of the Third Age) have formed a partnership to ensure research into healthy ageing incorporates the lived experiences of older people.
The Healthy Lifespan Institute presents, HELSI bites, a series of diverse, accessible lunchtime talks about research into healthy ageing.

HELSI Bites series launched

An engaging series of lunchtime talks on a diverse range of accessible topics has been launched by the Healthy Lifespan Institute. Just grab your lunch and listen in to a range research related to healthy ageing across the lifecourse.

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Join our webinar

Join us for a lively discussion on the coming epidemic of chronic health conditions and frailty associated with an ageing population. And, how to prevent it.

Part of the Festival of Debate, the largest annual politics festival in the UK.