The Centre for Environmental Biotechnology (CEB) at Bangor University is part of a new research centre, the first of its kind in the UK, being formed to enhance and develop the natural abilities of micro-organisms in cleaning up our planet. Tackling environmental pollutants and waste using microbes, the new centre is being established with £13m … Continue reading £13 million for biotechnology research to address environmental challenges

Bangor University and CereProc have been awarded a contract to supply NHS Wales with sixteen custom synthetic voices for children and teenagers. Bangor University says this solution will break down the communication barriers Welsh children face when using high tech communication devices by providing them with a voice which reflects who they are and their … Continue reading Welsh children to get advanced AI synthetic voices

Major new plans to make Wales a global centre of excellence and the leading location for medical radioisotope production in the UK, which would help address a fast approaching supply crisis for nuclear medicine around the world, have been unveiled by the Welsh Government. In the UK, across Europe, and further afield, the equipment in … Continue reading Wales aims to build a world leading lab to fight cancer

Newborns have traditionally been thought to spend the first few weeks or months of life mostly passively lying around and crying, at least until they’re old enough to start actively paying attention to what’s going on around them. But a new study, published in Nature Human Behaviour, has found that newborns start soaking up and … Continue reading Newborns develop language skills within hours

A Welsh Government led programme to test wastewater for Covid-19, first piloted by Bangor University, has been expanded to cover all Welsh health boards and local authorities across forty eight sites. Bangor University says the programme provides vital data on the prevalence of coronavirus in the community and was key to the early detection of … Continue reading Wastewater research programme expanded across Wales

New research shows the estimated costs of adverse childhood experiences to the affected adults and to society across twenty eight European countries. Adverse childhood experiences or ACEs include suffering maltreatment, witnessing violence in the home or community, and living with family difficulties such as parental substance abuse. Exposure to such stressors is linked to poorer … Continue reading What adverse childhood experiences are costing European economies

A start-up company is to develop a novel cancer therapy, targeting a rare bone cancer and other cancers, more common in Wales, such as lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancers. WalesOnline reports Ceridwen Oncology, based at M-SParc, Bangor University’s science park on Anglesey, is to develop and transform medical discoveries by Bangor and Cardiff Universities … Continue reading Anglesey start-up developing a novel therapy to target a rare bone cancer

Early recognition and treatment of sepsis, a life threatening reaction to infection, can save lives. Bangor University reports new research by Eirian Edwards and Lorelei Jones, from its School of Medical and Health Sciences, looked at sepsis knowledge, skills and attitudes of ward nurses and whether sepsis training for ward nurses can improve care. While … Continue reading Improving the recognition and treatment of sepsis in hospital

The Welsh Government has announced more medical students will spend all of their training in North Wales as part of moves towards establishing a medical school there. In a written statement, Eluned Morgan, Minister for Health and Social Services, said “I would like to thank Professor Elizabeth Treasure, chair of the North Wales Medical School … Continue reading Investment in students is the next step to a North Wales medical school

A new regional health economics network is being launched by Professor Rhiannon Tudor Edwards of Bangor University. The Public Health and Prevention Economics Research Group network will link researchers working in the economics of public health and preventative interventions across Bangor University and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB). As the UK emerges from the … Continue reading New regional health economics network for North Wales