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Professor David Sanders from Sheffield Gastroenterology holding an award

Professor David Sanders honoured for his transforming work in nutrition and patient care

Professor Sanders has been awarded the Complete Nutrition (CN) Magazine Outstanding Achievement Award for his significant contributions to nutrition and patient care.
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Minimum pricing for tobacco could help to reduce smoking rates in Scotland, new research suggests

New research from the University of Sheffield has assessed the potential effectiveness of minimum pricing policies for tobacco that could help reduce smoking rates and improve health in Scotland.

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Hope for stroke survivors invited to join innovative trial testing a game-changing device for those living with arm weakness

People who’ve had a stroke within the last decade are being invited to test a portable, pacemaker-like device designed to help them regain arm strength.
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A successful day of networking, learning, and collaboration

On 17 October, the University hosted a dedicated Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) Day to provide our academic and professional services staff with valuable insights into this innovative programme.

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Ioannis Xanthis featured in Journal of Cell Science

The Journal of Cell Science has written a 'First person' interview with Ioannis Xanthis on work he conducted while a PhD student in Professor Paul Evans's lab at the University of Sheffield's Department of Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease, identifying β1 integrin as a sensor of blood flow direction.
First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers.

| The Journal of Cell Science
Macrophages at wound.

Dead cells disrupt how immune cells respond to wounds and patrol for infection

Dead cells disrupt immune responses and undermine defence against infection, new research has found.

| The University of Sheffield
Professor Chris Potter with Dr Paul Collini and two Phase 2a Medical Students from his last MBChB teaching session.

Lots of knowledge shared over the last 58 years

Congratulations and thank you to Professor Chris Potter who gave his last MBChB teaching class on Friday 29th March 2019. Chris, Emeritus Professor of Virology gave his first lecture to Sheffield MBChB in 1961.
A microscopic view of a fungus.

Copycat fungus deceives immune system and deactivates body’s response to infection

Fungus can imitate signals from our immune system and prevent our body from responding to infection, new research from the University of Sheffield has found.

| The University of Sheffield.
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New Sheffield research could help to develop preventative treatments for heart disease

Researchers at the University of Sheffield are to study if ‘turning off’ a protein could help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

| The University of Sheffield