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Pioneering data and AI advancements helping to deliver the NHS’s future vision

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ is pioneering advancements in data and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve healthcare and tackle health inequalities and will play a critical role in helping the government deliver its new 10-year plan for the NHS.

Doctor audiologist using otoscope while examining ear of his senior adult patient in doctor's office

First-in-human trial for regenerative cell therapy for sensorineural hearing loss approved 

Rinri Therapeutics, a world leading spinout company from the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ dedicated to transforming sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) with regenerative cell therapy, has received approval to begin its first-in-human clinical trial. 
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Great British Chemicals to turn industrial waste into world-first green chemistry

A major research centre that is set to position the UK as a global leader in clean technology, is being launched by the universities of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, Newcastle and Nottingham.
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Elmfield biodiversity hotspot (Credit: Alexander Dunnett, Landscape Operative)

New study revealing bees' secret to super-efficient learning could revolutionise AI and robotics

A new discovery of how bees use their flight movements to facilitate remarkably accurate learning & recognition of complex visual patterns could mark a major change in how next-generation AI is developed, according to a University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ study.
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Planned breaks in cancer treatment benefit patients and the NHS

Planned breaks from drug treatments for kidney cancer do not have a meaningful detrimental effect on patients’ life expectancy or quality of life, say doctors.

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University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ to spearhead open research drive

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ has been awarded funding to lead the national uptake of open research practices.

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Coming home... people of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ invited to submit artwork for exhibition on experiences of home now, and in the future

Being Human Festival returns to University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ this year with an event designed to bring the city together with creativity.
DNA molecules

New gene therapy pathway could protect us from cancer and dementia

Researchers from the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ have discovered a new gene therapy pathway that has the potential to protect us against serious life-limiting diseases such as cancer and dementia.