York Biomedical Research Institute
A new study carried out by researchers at the University of York suggests 28% of people who catch COVID-19 will go on to suffer from Long Covid.
Posted on 26 April 2024
Naj Modak meets researchers Dr Steven Quinn and Professor Thomas Krauss at the University of York. Their research team is working to develop a blood test which they believe could diagnose Alzheimer's earlier. The team hope light-based technology could detect protein levels which are associated with the disease in a patient's blood. They are developing a handheld device to diagnose patients within seconds.
Posted on 22 April 2024
A York academic has had a third paper published in one of the world’s most high-impact psychiatry journals, the Lancet Psychiatry.
Posted on 19 April 2024
The Jack Birch Unit were visited by Dr David McConkey, the Director of the Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute and Professor in the Department of Urology at Johns Hopkins Medical School.
Posted on 14 April 2024
Researchers at the University of York are using light-based technology to develop a simple and cost-effective blood test for Alzheimer’s disease.
Posted on 4 April 2024
As countries begin to vaccinate children against malaria, hopes are growing that vaccines against other human parasites could soon be within reach. Read more about the leishmaniasis vaccine that Professor Paul Kaye (HYMS) has been developing
Posted on 3 April 2024
A researcher from the Department of Psychology is to receive funding from The Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard scheme for emerging leaders.
Posted on 20 March 2024
Researchers in the Departments of Chemistry and Biology have discovered a previously unreported class of enzymes, involved in the assembly of a sugar on the surface of a pathogenic bacteria that targets vulnerable patients in hospital.
Posted on 5 March 2024