New Huntington’s disease trial

Aberdeen has recruited the first UK patient for a new trial investigating pridopidine, an oral drug for the treatment of Huntington's disease. The PROOF-HD study,...

A new way to prevent childhood obesity

A new way to prevent childhood obesity: For the first time in Australia, researchers can accurately predict if babies are at risk of childhood obesity...

Flexible route into nursing

CU Scarborough is offering people who would like to become nurses a flexible way to study that makes it easier to balance with family life...

Gene therapy: glaucoma and dementia

Gene therapy research repairs nerve transport systems damaged by glaucoma and dementia: Results of the pre-clinical study, led by Professor Keith Martin from the Centre for...

Location affects male reproductive health

Where we live can affect male reproductive health, finds new study: New research, led by scientists at the University of Nottingham, suggests that the environment...

Studying Shakespeare for empathy

Studying Shakespeare could help medical students connect with patients: A palliative care doctor has suggested that studying Shakespeare’s plays could help medical students connect more...