Announcements
TASC & Quintiles a Partnership in Practice - A Case study News
19th March, 2012
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Scientist to put patients into \'hibernation\' to treat strokesBy Eleanor Bradford News
19th March, 2012
Scotland is to play a major role in a trial of artificial hibernation to treat strokes, it has been revealed. Stroke patients from all over the UK will be offered a chance to take part in the Edinburgh University study.read more........By Eleanor Bradford BBC Scotland Health Correspondent ...
The Anne and Normile Baxter Prize for Cancer Research - nominations invited News
16th March, 2012
Nominations are invited for the Anne and Normile Baxter prize for a PhD student or a junior postdoctoral fellow to reward a significant contribution to any aspect of cancer research in Dundee.Please nominate a junior colleague and take advantage of this exceptional scheme that recognises junior researchers and their contribution(s) to cancer research in Dundee. Nominations are invited from anyone...
Researchers in Dundee find people with diabetes in Scotland keen to manage their own condition News
12th March, 2012
A new study released by Dundee University has found people with diabetes across all of Scotland's 14 health boards are choosing to get hands on with their condition by accessing and understanding their own medical records. People with diabetes in Scotland have been able to access and share medical records with doctors through an NHS portal launched in December 2010, My Diabetes My Way, which has m...
£10 million boost for neglected tropical disease research at Dundee News
7th March, 2012
Dundee, GSK and Wellcome Trust enter five-year collaboration for neglected diseasesThe University of Dundee has received over £10 million from the Wellcome Trust in the fight against some of the world's most neglected parasitic diseases, including support for a multi-million pound partnership with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to discover new drug treatments.The Drug Discovery Unit at Dundee will wo...
Launch of DIRECT : An Innovative Medicines Initiative Project for Personalized Medicine in Diabetes News
24th February, 2012
Academia and the pharmaceutical industry working together in the fight against diabetesDIRECT ("DIabetes REsearCh for patient straTification"), a consortium funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), announced today the launch of a 45 million Euro project focusing on a stratification of patients with diabetes. Scientists and clinicians working in academia have joined forces wit...
University announces major extension to Medical School News
17th February, 2012
The University of Dundee is set to redevelop the School of Medicine at Ninewells with a major extension and refurbishment. The project forms phase two of an £11million programme to upgrade facilities at the Medical School, which is consistently rated as one of the top performing medical schools in the UK. This phase of the project will see a new extension built on the north side of the...
Scottish Government and PPD Announce Strategic Alliance to Advance Clinical Research in Scotland News
14th February, 2012
The Scottish Government and Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC (PPD) have announced a unique alliance designed to increase the amount of clinical research conducted in Scotland, accelerated the development of new medical therapies and enhance health care treatment options for the people of Scotland.The alliance between PPD and NHS Research Scotland (NRS) advances the long-standing re...
Professor Andrew Morris appointed Scotland\'s Chief Scientist News
10th February, 2012
For media enquiries contact:Roddy IslesHead, Press OfficeUniversity of DundeeNethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HNTEL: 01382 384910E-MAIL: [email protected] MOBILE: 07800 581902Professor Morris is co-Director of the Medical Research Institute at the University of Dundee and an internationally renowned expert in diabetes and health informatics.He succeeds Professor Sir John Savill in the post of Chief Sci...
Potential new treatment identified for Leishmaniasis News
8th February, 2012
Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified fexinidazole as a possible, much-needed, new treatment for the parasitic disease visceral leishmaniasis.Leishmaniasis is named after William Leishman, a Glasgwegian doctor serving with the British Army in India, who first identified the parasite in the early 1900s. The disease is the second biggest killer in Africa, Asia and Latin America aft...
