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UK Biobank

UK Biobank’s Participant Resource Centre located at Cardiff part of a major new COVID-19 study

27 May 2020

The study will recruit 20,000 people from existing UKB participants, their adult children, and grandchildren.

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‘Signatures’ in blood reveal how sepsis patients will respond to condition

27 May 2020

Finding would allow clinicians to test and treat patients based on immune profiles for first time

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Wales to play major role in national trial for COVID-19 vaccine

26 May 2020

University’s Centre for Trials Research part of Welsh collaboration

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Scientists find first evidence of microplastics passing from insects to predators in rivers

22 May 2020

Study finds birds eat hundreds of microplastics every day - and inadvertently feed them to their chicks

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Researchers and NHS working together to tackle COVID-19

14 May 2020

In collaboration with colleagues in the NHS, using cutting-edge technologies and infrastructures in Cardiff University, researchers are addressing a number of key questions regarding COVID-19.

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Scientists call for urgent research on potential for mouthwash to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission

14 May 2020

Cardiff University-led review says oral rinses are ‘under-researched area of major clinical need’

New Proton Beam Therapy upgrade for Radiotherapy facilities

13 May 2020

The School of Healthcare Sciences has become the first institution in the UK to add Proton Therapy simulated technology to its impressive radiotherapy facilities

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Researcher gets artistic to support homeschooling

13 May 2020

A researcher in the School of Medicine has created some fantastic worksheets to help parents and teachers with their homeschooling.

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Cardiff’s Spot-a-bee creates UK buzz

13 May 2020

App promotes UK citizen science in lockdown

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Cardiff leads way on lung ultrasound for management of Covid-19

13 May 2020

Cardiff University first to report early evidence and guidance for ‘critical’ use of ultrasound