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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).
Crowds being wowed at May Fayre 2023

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s family fun Weston Park May Fayre is back!

The May Fayre, a day of free family entertainment in the heart of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, is back in the city for 2025, thanks to a partnership between the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ and ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ City Council.
A person holding their knee in pain

Hundreds of genetic links to osteoarthritis unlocked in landmark study

Over 900 genetic links to osteoarthritis, including 500 that have never been reported before, have been uncovered in breakthrough research from the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ.
Dr Sabine Little stood with a group of children looking at the camera in a school setting at one of her previous Storytelling events.
Dr Sabine Little at a storytelling event with local school students. Credit: Ross Jarman

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ declared a UK City of Languages

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is the latest city nationally to be declared a ‘City of Languages’, in a new initiative aimed at promoting and helping the city’s multilingualism to flourish.
Cooking rice

Millions are at risk using high arsenic water for cooking

The use of water contaminated with higher than recommended levels of arsenic could pose a serious health risk to millions, a new study from the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ has found.
A lady speaking to a pharmacist at the counter of a well stocked chemist

South Yorkshire study could speed up access to bowel cancer tests

People in South Yorkshire with ‘red flag’ bowel cancer symptoms could bypass the GP and be fast-tracked to hospital for diagnostic tests as part of a new research study led by University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ researchers.
Nurse dressing a chronic foot wound

Revolutionary chronic wound treatment could help millions 

A team of international scientists has developed an effective treatment for preventing infection in chronic wounds that does not involve antibiotics
Bees

Bees master complex tasks through social interaction

In a groundbreaking discovery, bumblebees have been shown to possess a previously unseen level of cognitive sophistication.
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University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ to train next generation of digital engineers, key to UK growth

Engineers with high quality skills in digital manufacturing - key to boosting UK productivity - are set to be trained by the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ.