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Significant grant secured for vital nystagmus research

11 January 2018

School lecturer, Dr Lee Mcilreavy has secured funding from two leading eye research charities to fund research aimed at the early detection of nystagmus.

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Landmark research in Huntington’s disease

9 January 2018

A major step forward has been made in the quest to find a therapy for Huntington’s disease.

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Common drugs could prevent almost a million osteoarthritis cases

3 January 2018

Repurposing anticonvulsants for treatment of injury-induced osteoarthritis

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Alcohol acts as igniter of hate crimes

2 January 2018

Prejudice more likely to be acted on when people are drunk

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Even wild mammals have regional dialects

13 December 2017

Wild otters from different regions have distinct odour dialects

Niclosemide, a potent activator of PINK1, a protein mutated in Parkinson's disease

Tapeworm drug could lead the fight against Parkinson’s Disease

11 December 2017

Researchers at Cardiff University, in collaboration with the University of Dundee, have identified a drug molecule within a medicine used to treat tapeworm infections which could lead to new treatments for patients with Parkinson’s Disease.

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Pharmabees wins sustainability award

11 December 2017

Cynnal Cymru - Sustain Wales Awards ceremony takes place in the Senedd.

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Pop-up Art Exhibition at Cardiff University’s Cochrane building

11 December 2017

Celebrated art of Dr Ria Poole demonstrates some of the hidden creative talent in the University’s research community

School of Pharmacy Pharmabees Project wins Da Vinci Innovation and Impact Award

6 December 2017

Dr James Blaxland of the School of Pharmacy has won a Da Vinci Innovation and Impact Award.

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Sequencing the otter genome to improve environmental monitoring

6 December 2017

Cardiff University’s Otter Project aims to get the genome of the otter sequenced.