News News stories 9 July 2024 Faculty of Health Staff Recognised in Inaugural Knowledge Exchange and Impact Award The outstanding achievements of colleagues and partners from across the University of Sheffield and beyond - including colleagues in the Faculty of Health - were celebrated in the inaugural UoS Knowledge Exchange (KE) and Impact Awards. 27 June 2024 Transdisciplinary fellowship success: growing collaborations between Landscape Architecture and Health at Sheffield Congratulations to Dr Helen Hoyle who has been awarded a prestigious 24-month NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) Transdisciplinary Fellowship. 26 June 2024 New programme to move potential MND drugs into clinical trials faster A ground-breaking experimental medicine programme that will enable researchers to more rapidly screen potential drugs in people with motor neuron disease (MND) has been announced today (21 June 2023) on MND Awareness Day. 20 June 2024 New clue in understanding increased Alzheimer’s risk Scientists have discovered a new piece of the puzzle in understanding why some people are more susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease. Search Planned breaks in cancer treatment benefit patients and the NHS Planned breaks from drug treatments for kidney cancer do not have a meaningful detrimental effect on patients’ life expectancy or quality of life, say doctors. 21 September 2021 New gene therapy pathway could protect us from cancer and dementia Researchers from the University of Sheffield have discovered a new gene therapy pathway that has the potential to protect us against serious life-limiting diseases such as cancer and dementia. 15 September 2021 Scientists identify new genetic risk factors for osteoarthritis Scientists have identified new genetic risk factors for osteoarthritis, which could now be treated with licensed drugs repurposed to target the debilitating condition. 2 September 2021 Supporting the future of cardiovascular science: University of Sheffield Professor honoured for outstanding achievement A cardiovascular scientist from the University of Sheffield has been recognised with a prestigious international award for his pioneering research to identify and treat a major cause of heart disease. 23 August 2021 Researchers present first findings on blood clotting with low platelets after COVID-19 vaccination A national team of researchers have defined criteria for the diagnosis of patients with blood clotting associated with the Oxford Astrazeneca Covid vaccination. 11 August 2021 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Current page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 … Next page Next › Last page Last »