News News stories Breakthrough set to accelerate osteoporosis drug development Millions of osteoporosis patients worldwide are set to benefit from a major international breakthrough, which will transform how new treatments for the debilitating disease are developed. 9 January 2026 Research Highlight of the Year 2025 – Arthritis UK Professor Mark Wilkinson and colleagues were part of the winning research team, led by Professor Eleftheria Zeggini (Munich), with Sheffield playing a significant role. Published by Arthritis UK 17 December 2025 Mellanby 14th Annual Research Day The University’s Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research held its annual meeting in March. The feedback indicated that the attendees found this a great opportunity to network and hear about research in bone and joint. 10 March 2025 £1 million funding boost for research into preventing breast cancer recurrence Researchers working to understand why some breast cancers come back years later and form incurable secondary tumours, have received a £1 million funding boost. 4 March 2025 Search Mellanby Centre Annual Research Day 2023 The Mellanby Centre held its annual meeting in March and over 100 people attended. A particular highlight was hearing from our new Faculty Vice President, Professor Ashley Blom about his plans for the Faculty and about his research. 27 March 2023 Mellanby Centre Annual Research Day The University’s Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research held its annual meeting in March and over 110 people attended. 6 April 2022 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. 11 January 2021 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3
