Wound healing collaboration awarded £50,000
A Welsh Wound Innovation Centre (WWIC) collaboration with Neem Biotech and Sheffield Collaboratorium for Antimicrobial Resistance and Biofilms (SCARAB) has been awarded a £50,000 National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) Proof of Concept grant. Cardiff University reports the inaugural grant has been awarded to expand the development and testing of effective anti-biofilm interventions, based on the … Continue reading Wound healing collaboration awarded £50,000
Digital technology to help manage Huntington’s disease
Researchers at Cardiff University are exploring how digital technologies, such as wearable fitness trackers, can be used to help people with Huntington’s disease (HD) manage their symptoms. Cardiff University reports, as part of a £16m collaboration to address the health and social care of people with diseases of the brain, Professor Monica Busse, from its … Continue reading Digital technology to help manage Huntington’s disease
Leading the hunt for this year’s flu strains
Researchers from Cardiff University and the Public Health Wales NHS Trust are leading the world in identifying the flu strains that will circulate in Europe this winter. With the development of new software, which examines samples taken from patients in hospitals and surgeries across Wales, the team are able to rapidly identify flu strains, putting … Continue reading Leading the hunt for this year’s flu strains
Psychopaths’ eyes react unusually to nasty images
The eyes of psychopaths have an unusual reaction when they are shown images of nasty things, such as mutilated bodies and threatening dogs, reveals a new study by researchers at Cardiff and Swansea Universities. Cardiff University reports the team examined the effect of nasty images on offenders who are psychopathic and offenders who aren’t and … Continue reading Psychopaths’ eyes react unusually to nasty images
Discovery of first common genetic risk factors of ADHD
A global team of researchers has found the first common genetic risk factors associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a complex condition affecting around one in twenty children. Professor Anita Thapar, from Cardiff University, who leads an ADHD research group as part of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, said “This study marks a very important … Continue reading Discovery of first common genetic risk factors of ADHD
Cardiff University looking at 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Researchers at Cardiff University are working to understand a relatively common genetic condition that most people haven’t heard of. Cardiff University reports the ECHO study, based at its Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, aims to identify the challenges faced by people with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q11.2DS), which is thought to be the second … Continue reading Cardiff University looking at 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
New approaches for treating psychiatric disorders
Cardiff University has formed a drug discovery collaboration with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited to identify new approaches for treating schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. The collaboration will combine Cardiff University’s large scale genomic data, and world class expertise in psychiatric genetics, genomics and neuroscience, with Takeda’s extensive drug discovery and clinical development capabilities. Professor Lawrence … Continue reading New approaches for treating psychiatric disorders
New brain surgery technique at Cardiff University
Welsh surgeons are learning a new surgical technique that will allow them to access the base of a brain through the eye socket, reducing scarring and recovery time of patients who otherwise may have needed open brain surgery. The training seminars, in association with the Welsh Institute of Minimal Access Therapy at Cardiff University, are … Continue reading New brain surgery technique at Cardiff University
Putting Wales at the forefront of radiography
Cardiff University’s School of Healthcare Sciences is putting Wales at the forefront of radiography advancement with the launch of a new radiography simulation and teaching suite at the Heath Park Campus. Cardiff University reports the Diagnostic Radiography Image Viewing Environment Suite (DRIVE) was opened at an event attended by the President of the Society and … Continue reading Putting Wales at the forefront of radiography
Major investment to fund Fragile X research
The Medicines Discovery Institute has received a grant of almost £2.5m from the Medical Research Council to improve therapies for the most common inherited cause of learning disabilities. Professor Simon Ward, Director of the Medicines Discovery Institute at Cardiff University, said “Fragile X syndrome is the most common single genetic mutation that causes autism, affecting … Continue reading Major investment to fund Fragile X research
