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14 January 2022

Heart disease causes early brain dysfunction and can treble key Alzheimer’s protein

Heart disease can directly cause brain dysfunction early on which could lead to dementia and can treble the amount of an Alzheimer’s protein in the brain, say scientists.

Two red grapes. One cut in half with visible seeds.

10 December 2021

Prof. Ilaria Bellantuono comments on research that finds that grape seed extract has anti-ageing properties in mice

Healthy Lifespan Co-Director, Prof. Ilaria Bellantuono provides a review of new research that identified a component of grape seed extract as a potentially effective senolytic for Medical News Today.

18 November 2021

Healthy Lifespan Institute members amongst founders of new ILC Network in Europe

ILC Europe Network, launching this week, is represented by academics, practitioners, civil society representatives and business leaders with a focus on helping societies address longevity and population ageing in positive and productive ways.

12 November 2021

Understanding the experience of wearing dentures

The Healthy Lifespan Institute at The University of Sheffield, has been awarded £200k from GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Research & Development, UK to study the experiences of people living with removable partial dentures.

British Heart Foundation Data Science Centre appoints Prof Tim Chico as new Personal Monitoring Data Thematic Lead and Associate Director

Healthy Lifespan member Prof Tim Chico Tim is joining the BHF Data Science Centre, led by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) on a part time secondment.

14 December 2021

Is chronic stress ageing you? There are ways to fight back

Our Co-Director, Professor Ilaria Bellantuono, explains the science behind stress leading to ageing, and how it damages your immune system in an article in The Times.

14 December 2021

Table with 3D pens to explore DNA structure

Understanding DNA breaks and repair

Hannah Crane and Arwa Abugable from the School of Biosciences at the University of Sheffield explore the effects of damaging and repairing DNA.

5 November 2021

How music can help people live well with dementia

Dr Jennifer MacRitchie from the Department of Music explores advanced musical technologies created specifically for people living with dementia.

5 November 2021

New gene therapy pathway could protect us from cancer and dementia

Researchers from the University of Sheffield have discovered a new gene therapy pathway that has the potential to protect us against serious life-limiting diseases such as cancer and dementia.

15 September 2021