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This area contains news from the University since October 2020. For stories from 2010 to October 2020, use the 'News archive' above or search at the top of the page.
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Landmark MIROCALS clinical trial provides new insight into treatment of MND

Results of the landmark MIROCALS clinical trial, involving researchers from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ, have revealed new insights into the treatment of motor neuron disease (MND).
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Cutting-edge MRI could revolutionise diagnosis of common heart problem aortic stenosis

Scientists have developed cutting-edge MRI technology to diagnose a common heart problem more quickly and accurately than ever before. 
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University helps historic ºù«Ӱҵ scissor maker sharpen its edge

A historic ºù«Ӱҵ scissor maker is gaining new insights into the traditional craftsmanship that it has used to lovingly handcraft scissors for over a century through a collaboration with the University of ºù«Ӱҵ.
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FDA approves trial to advance pioneering treatment for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP)

The US Food and Drug Administation (FDA) has approved BlackfinBio Limited’s Phase 1/2 clinical trial for its novel adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy targeting Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) Type 47 (SPG47).

Students remember Nobel Prize winner with hands-on chemistry workshop
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Significant holes in election spending, new report reveals

Nearly 15 per cent of spending by political parties during the 2019 UK general election campaign is unaccounted for, according to a new report from researchers at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ.
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New research identifies more than 1,000 genes linked to severe COVID-19

University of ºù«Ӱҵ research collaboration with Stanford University reveals why some healthy adults with the COVID-19 infection become seriously ill, whilst others have few symptoms
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Our response to the Government Food Strategy

The Government’s long-awaited National Food Strategy, published on 13 June, was greeted with dismay and disappointment by members of the University of ºù«Ӱҵ’s Institute for Sustainable Food.
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Tennis club at University of ºù«Ӱҵ crowned best of its kind in Britain

ºù«Ӱҵ Tennis Club has been named the best of its kind in Britain after receiving the University of the Year accolade at the LTA Tennis Awards 2022.