Major trial gives hope to Motor Neurone Disease sufferers

The Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)
8 February 2012 Patients suffering from a devastating disease are being given fresh hope through an innovative trial being led by the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

Landmark television science series inspired by University professors' best selling book

Earth and rising sun
8 February 2012 Best selling science book The Emerald Planet written by University of Sheffield botany Professor David Beerling has inspired the ground breaking BBC television series How to Grow a Planet.

Labour leader Ed Miliband MP to speak at inaugural research institute lecture

The Houses of Parliament
7 February 2012 The Right Honourable Ed Miliband MP, the leader of the Labour Party, will be speaking to more than 1,000 people at the inaugural lecture of the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) held at the University of Sheffield.

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