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Sheffield spinout takes major step towards advancing pioneering treatments for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP)

BlackfinBio Limited is a spinout company from the University of Sheffield set to pioneer novel therapies for rare genetic neurological diseases.

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Groundbreaking EXPERTS-ALS study for MND treatments

The EXPErimental medicine Route To Success in ALS (EXPERTS-ALS) project aims to rapidly screen potential drugs for evidence that they can slow down damage to the nervous system occurring in people with motor neuron disease
Professor Mimoun Azzouz holding a petri dish

Comment: Turning the biggest disappointment of a career into a new era for UK gene therapy manufacturing

Professor Mimoun Azzouz discusses career challenges before opening the Gene Therapy Innovation and Manufacturing Centre (GTIMC) at the University of Sheffield.
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Our 2024 research highlights

As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on and celebrate some of our research news stories from 2024.
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Sheffield’s marvellous world of medical research goes digital with online festival

How can we all live healthier, longer lives? That is something on many people's minds at the moment and medical researchers at the University of Sheffield want to help you find out how.
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Revolutionising autonomous technology with the brain of a bee

Nature will always find the simplest way to do something and often we can take inspiration from it. This is the case for autonomous technology, where bees are providing a solution to the problems it faces.

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New breakthrough could help us understand how rare childhood brain disorders develop

The discovery by academics from the Neuroscience Institute and Bateson Centre has revealed that defective immune cells in the brain called microglia contribute to the development of leukodystrophies.
Dr Heather Mortiboys leading a team of Parkinson's researchers in a lab

Precision medicine for Parkinson's disease

By gaining a better understanding of Parkinson's disease, we are working towards potentially life-changing treatments, which could slow down the progression of the disease.
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Brain Awareness Week - Brain Research in the Neuroscience Institute

This week (16-20 March) is Brain Awareness Week - a global campaign to foster enthusiasm and support for brain science! Researchers in the Neuroscience Institute are at the forefront of research in this area.