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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.
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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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New report, Levelling Up Health, from from the APPG for Longevity is out today

As proud partners of the APPG we support its call for a reimaged approach to public health and a reduction in health inequalities. Our research into the social determents of health throughout the lifecourse has contributed to the work of the APPG.
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University of Sheffield team receive award to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to tackle multimorbidity in South Yorkshire

Researchers have been awarded an £118,500 NIHR Development Award to establish frameworks for a new AI tool to analyse multiple long-term conditions and multimorbidity in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw.
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Boosting healthy ageing in South Yorkshire with Age Better in Sheffield

The Healthy Lifespan Institute and the Age Better in Sheffield (ABiS) partnership are working together to ensure the legacy of ‘Age Friendly Sheffield’ is delivered for the South Yorkshire region.
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Researchers find different processes to protect the genome are needed throughout the lifecourse

A new study published in Science Advances investigates Tdp1, a protein involved in DNA repair and its protective effect against damage caused by topoisomerase; an enzyme that participates in the over and underwinding of DNA.
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Osteoporosis drug could half number of redo hip replacement operations

More than half of repeat hip replacement operations could be prevented with a drug already successfully used to treat osteoporosis, new research from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has revealed.

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