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New cannabinoid research shows potential for targeted drug therapy
Gene region could identify people who may benefit most from medical cannabis
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Researchers find new evidence that a 'smart, fungi' can be hard to find
A team of experts have discovered that a common fungus that infects humans can not only predict an imminent attack from the immune system, it will even change its appearance to hide from it.
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Researchers test drugs with potential to restore sight loss from aniridia
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen will test two repurposed drugs for the treatment of the rare eye condition aniridia, which causes blindness thanks to funding from Fight for Sight.
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HSRU's Professor Shaun Treweek one of 2019's Highly Cited Researchers
Professor Shaun Treweek is one of the 0.1% of the world's researchers named in the 2019 Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers List. The list recognises the world's most influential researchers of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations...
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INSPIRE: Best Oral Presentation
As part of the activities funded by the INSPIRE program at the University of Aberdeen, two competitive national summer scholarships were on offer for the summer of 2019.
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New medical student scheme hopes to tackle GP crisis
First Year medical students will get more experience of 'real life' healthcare situations than ever before as part of new measures by the University of Aberdeen to tackle the GP crisis.
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Are you setting up new trial recruitment sites? If you are ESP2 needs you!
Setting up trial recruitment sites takes time and effort. Not all of this effort is rewarded because not all of those sites will recruit as planned but are likely to take up just as much, if not more, of your time as sites that do recruit. The Estimating Site Performance-2 project...
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Early career scientists in Aberdeen set to benefit from £170million funding
Early career scientists working at the University of Aberdeen are set to benefit from £170m of funding following an announcement by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
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Award for Aberdeen initiative that 'reduces research waste'
Aberdeen academics have won a prestigious international award for making trials of new healthcare treatments more efficient. Professor Shaun Treweek and his team won the 2019 Cochrane-REWARD prize for reducing research waste after starting an initiative called Trial Forge. Randomised trials are the gold standard for evaluating healthcare treatments - thousands are...
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Robots bring online students closer to the classroom
Robots are bringing online students closer to the classroom in a trial taking place at the University of Aberdeen.