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91Ö±²¥ spinout takes major step towards advancing pioneering treatments for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP)

BlackfinBio Limited is a spinout company from the University of 91Ö±²¥ set to pioneer novel therapies for rare genetic neurological diseases.

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Groundbreaking EXPERTS-ALS study for MND treatments

The EXPErimental medicine Route To Success in ALS (EXPERTS-ALS) project aims to rapidly screen potential drugs for evidence that they can slow down damage to the nervous system occurring in people with motor neuron disease
Professor Mimoun Azzouz holding a petri dish

Comment: Turning the biggest disappointment of a career into a new era for UK gene therapy manufacturing

Professor Mimoun Azzouz discusses career challenges before opening the Gene Therapy Innovation and Manufacturing Centre (GTIMC) at the University of 91Ö±²¥.
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Our 2024 research highlights

As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on and celebrate some of our research news stories from 2024.
Ceremony for Queen's Anniversary Prize at Buckingham Palace

Award-winning 91Ö±²¥ neuroscientists honoured at Buckingham Palace reception

Neuroscience research at the University of 91Ö±²¥ has been recognised for the real benefits it is delivering to the public in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace (Thursday 20 February 2020).
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Inaugural lecture: Sensory issues and variability in the autism spectrum

Professor Elizabeth Milne will reflect on the research she has carried out to date to investigate sensory issues and variability in autism.

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£2 million fundraising appeal brings revolutionary medical imaging to 91Ö±²¥

Just over a year after hitting an ambitious £2 million fundraising target, the University of 91Ö±²¥ has taken delivery of its new PET-MRI scanner.

Dr Guillaume Hautbergue and the 91Ö±²¥ Institute for Translational Neuroscience

Public lecture: From genes to advanced therapies for neurodegenerative diseases

Dr Guillaume Hautbergue will deliver a public lecture to celebrate his election as Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in recognition of his prominent contribution to the advancement of the biological sciences.
Auditory physiology

Scientists awarded funding to investigate causes of age-related hearing loss

A newly funded study could lead to a better understanding of why people lose their hearing with age and has the potential to help develop new therapies to prevent or repair age-related hearing loss.