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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
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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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Scientists awarded funding for pioneering dementia research

The new research projects will explore the processes behind Alzheimer’s and dementia which could lead to new approaches in how they are treated.
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A new treatment for Parkinson’s disease

A Sheffield academic has been awarded funding to develop a new treatment for Parkinson’s disease, that could potentially slow, or even stop its progression.

MRC Festival of Medical Research 2019

On 15 and 16 June 2019, scientists from the Hearing Research Group at the University of Sheffield’s Neuroscience Institute shared their latest research on hearing and hearing loss.
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Repairing nerves with 3D printing

Our researchers are using a unique library of human tissue – and biocompatible 3D printed materials – to improve patient treatment and quality of life.
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The Goldilocks collar

Everyone values their independence. But motor neurone disease takes it from over 2,000 of us a year in the UK. Professor Chris McDermott and his team wanted to transform the lives of their patients by giving them some independence back.