ࡱ> ?A>` !bjbjss .2#8$"FVllllllm"o"o"o"o"o"o"$#hD&"]ll]]"ll"qqq]llm"q]m"qqql: # q-pqm""0"q&|&qq&=!0l<q>lll""Xlll"]]]]^ d^  Cardiff University in the news February 2008 Royal recognition for excellence The Queen has presented one of the most prestigious awards of excellence in UK higher education on the School of Medicines Institute of Medical Genetics at a Buckingham Palace ceremony. Cardiff University Vice-Chancellor, Dr David Grant received the Queens Anniversary Prize medal from Her Majesty. The Institutes Director, Professor Julian Sampson, received the Prize certificate from the His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The ceremony was also attended by the Universitys President, Lord Kinnock, the Chair of Council, Professor Sir Keith Peters, the Dean of the Medical School, Professor David Wynford-Thomas and five students working at the Institute. The Times, The Western Mail, South Wales Echo, News Wales Desert Island Discs Nobel Laureate Sir Martin Evans, Professor of Mammalian Genetics at the University has taken a short break from his international schedule to be a guest on BBC Radio 4s Desert Island Discs. In his interview with Desert Island Discs presenter Kirsty Young, Sir Martin talks about meeting his wife Judith and the extensive work they both do for cancer charities, and how important it was for him to have all his family present as he collected his   PRIVATE HREF="http://www.cf.ac.uk/news/articles/nobel-prize-award.html" MACROBUTTON HtmlResAnchor Nobel Prize in Stockholm, including his newborn granddaughter.Sir Martin labels his move to Cardiff University in 1999 as a reinvigorating experience, and describes how he relished the opportunity to set up a unit with a very broad scientific base. BBC Radio 4 Shingles Treatment Success Professor Chris McGuigan, Welsh School of Pharmacy, has developed a new drug for shingles. Shingles is an extremely painful condition which affects around one person in five during their lifetime. Research on FV-100, the drug discovered and developed by Professor McGuigan, has shown it is about 10,000 times more powerful than existing drugs in suppressing the virus which causes the disease. The drug also has the potential to relieve all the symptoms experienced by sufferers. The Daily Mail, Science Letter, Medical Imaging Week, Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly Early warning for Arthritis Cardiff scientist Professor Hechmi Toumi, School of Biosciences, has developed software which enhances an X-ray image to show a knee joints cartilage and other non-bony structures. The system is able to detect cartilage damage and early signs of deterioration, giving early warning of degeneration and osteoarthritis. The system, the Degenerative Knee Indicator, is the first product to be developed by Demasq, a new spin-out company created from the research. Western Mail, News Wales, Healthcare, Radiologic Technology. Discovering the Dutilleux Festival The School of Music, in collaboration with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, held a unique celebration of the music of Henri Dutileux at a festival weekend in his presence. The festival explored some of the nonagenarian composers most important orchestral and chamber works in a weekend of concerts and talks at the University Concert Hall and St Davids Hall. In acknowledgment of the originality, quality and international significance of the composers oeuvre, Cardiff University awarded Dutilleux with an Honorary Fellowship during the festival. The Guardian, BBC Wales, Music Web International, South Wales Echo, Western Mail, BBC Radio 3 Changing the face of Journalism Research by academics from the Journalism Studies research group at the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies has revealed that 60 per cent of press articles and 34 per cent of broadcast stories come wholly or mainly from pre-packaged sources such as public relations copy, revealing the medias reliance on the public relations industry. The corporate and business world was found to be the main source of public relations copy and was more than three times more successful than non-governmental organisations, charities and civic groups at getting material into the news. The Times, The Guardian, EU Referendum, Arts and Book Review, Sunday Herald, PR Week, Independent Media Weekly, Media Life Magazine, Press Gazette, The Scotsman, Tackling Leukaemia Scientists from the University have made an important discovery in the development of a new treatment for leukaemia. Led by School of Medicines Dr Chris Pepper, the team has found that large amounts of a protein called NF-kB are linked to the growth of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, the most common form of the disease in adults in the UK. Dr Chris Pepper based in the Department of Haematology said: These are very promising results and if they can be repeated in a clinical setting, drugs aimed at disabling this protein could become an important addition to the treatment options for this form of leukaemia. The Western Mail, Wales Online, Wales on Sunday, Pharma Law Weekly, Stem Cell Week, Biotech Law Weekly, South Wales Echo Has the mystery of the Antarctic ice sheet been solved? A research group from Cardiff School of Earth and Ocean Sciences has published new evidence which could solve the puzzle of why Antarctica went into the deep freeze 34 million years ago. Led by Dr Carrie Lear, scientists travelled to Africa with colleagues from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, to find new evidence of climate change which helps explain some of the mystery surrounding the appearance of the Antarctic ice sheet. Western Mail, Environmental News Network, Science Daily, News 24, Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly, Life Science Weekly, Biotech Weekly, Science Letter, Hindustan Times, BBC Radio Wales Did a mega-collision alter Venus? A mega-collision between two large embryonic planets could have created Venus as we know it, according to a new paper by Dr Huw Davies of the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. Dr Davies argues that a mega-collision could explain the differences between Earth and Venus despite their similar size and density. 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