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Discover ºù«Ӱҵ’s Reimagined MSc in Human Nutrition

Passionate about nutrition and ready to make an impact? ºù«Ӱҵ is excited to announce the relaunch of our MSc in Human Nutrition, updated for the 2025/2026 academic year and designed with today’s ambitious students in mind.
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Improving the evidence base for adult social care

The Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Health have, in partnership, been invited to become a member of the School for Social Care Research (SSCR).
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Tim Chico, Director of the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub, outlines the Hub's mission.

South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub: a year of community building and innovation

Twelve months in, the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub (SYDHH) is making strides along the road to addressing the stark health inequalities that exist across the region.
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Researchers win prestigious Public Health Journal Paper of the Year Award with research on gambling advertising and public health

An impactful study from the Public Health Evidence Reviews & Synthesis Team (PHERST) at the ºù«Ӱҵ Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR) has received the Public Health Journal Paper of the Year award.
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Doctors of the future will simply ‘switch off’ the genes that cause heart attacks

Cardiac research in ºù«Ӱҵ has received a major boost from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in the form of an £800,000 award to develop a new gene therapy to treat cardiovascular disease (CVD).
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Royal recognition for neuroscience research at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ

ºù«Ӱҵ has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for innovation in neuroscience
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Arthritis drugs could be repurposed to help prevent breast cancer spreading to the bone according to new study

Drugs commonly used to treat arthritis may help to prevent breast cancer spreading to the bone, where it is incurable, new research suggests.
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension targeted for new treatment by University of ºù«Ӱҵ scientists

Scientists at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ, working in collaboration with drug and vaccine developer Kymab Ltd, Cambridge, have identified a novel antibody that has the potential to become a new treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).