Research News
Specialist funds launched to support novel regenerative therapies
Exclusive funding for regenerative medicine projects with academic and industry collaborators were launched at a high profile event this week (Wednesday 20 June).
published on: 21st June 2012
How active is your child really?
Children younger than eight need to be targeted to make sure they lead more active lives to combat our obesity time-bomb, researchers at Newcastle University say.
published on: 20th June 2012
Early screening alone is not enough to give children language boost
Pre-school children should be more closely monitored by health and early years professionals to try and identify potential language problems, new research suggests.
published on: 18th June 2012
Expert to lead new understanding of diabetes in India
A top Indian diabetes expert has travelled to Newcastle this week to learn about a new branch of science which could improve health across the world.
published on: 18th June 2012
Musical brain patterns could help predict epileptic seizures
New insights into the electrical patterns of the brain reveal how brain waves with rapidly increasing frequencies, like musical ‘glissandi’, could help predict when a patient is going to start an epileptic seizure.
published on: 16th June 2012
Virtual sailing gives competitors the edge
Simulating weather and water conditions before a race could give sailors the advantage they need to win, new research reveals.
published on: 14th June 2012
Reporting from Rio
A Newcastle University student will travel to Rio de Janeiro next week to attend the Rio +20 Earth Summit and report back live on the debates that could shape the future of our planet.
published on: 14th June 2012
Mitochondrial technique is ethical
An influential independent body has found that a pioneering mitochondrial transfer technique is ethical.
published on: 12th June 2012
Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood could triple the risk of leukaemia and brain cancer
Children and young adults scanned multiple times by computed tomography (CT) have a small increased risk of leukaemia and brain tumours in the decade following their first scan.
published on: 7th June 2012
Lung transplant trial could save lives
A pioneering technique which breathes new life into previously unusable donor lungs could save the lives of many patients on the lung transplant waiting list.
published on: 30th May 2012
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