2022 news

A new approach, developed in York, significantly enhances molecular detection in dilute solutions and opens exciting new possibilities in terms of disease diagnosis.

Dr Damian Perez Mazliah is to receive University Research Fellowship (URF) from the Royal Society.

Scientists, academic and clinical researchers and healthcare professionals came together this week to celebrate the launch of the Clinical Sciences Centre at Hull York Medical School.

Researchers at the University of York are a step closer to identifying ways to support clinicians in predicting drug treatment outcomes for patients with visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil.

Covid-19 can negatively impact short-term memory function, the results of a new study have revealed. The researchers say memory function can recover over time, but those with ongoing Covid symptoms may continue to experience difficulties.

University named as a member of the new EUBI UK Node

Scientists have used a mathematical model to reveal how toxic proteins cluster together inside the brain during the early stages of Alzheimer's.

Professor Thomas Krauss, from the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, has been awarded the 2022 Institute of Physics (IoP) Thomas Young Medal and Prize.

Playing sounds to people while they sleep can be used to help them to forget specific memories, a new study has revealed.

Haematology research at York will receive a huge boost following a multimillion pound funding announcement from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

The Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is to receive £19.8m over five years to expand the areas of research from musculoskeletal to include cancer, cardiovascular disease and infection. This includes a new stream of research into blood cancer, which has been added in partnership with scientists at York.

The Universities of York and Newcastle have joined forces with two leading cancer charities to create a new biobank which will provide vital resources for researchers working to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer in children and young people.

Researchers have developed a new technique to grow and sequence colonies of immune cells, giving new insights into how and when they accumulate mutations.

Researchers at the University of York have shown how bacteria capture important nutrients to allow them to grow and survive in the body.

Researchers have created the first complete map of the network of connections that make up the human immune system, showing how immune cells communicate with each other.

Scientists have discovered the precise way detergents break biological membranes, which could increase our understanding of how soaps work to kill viruses like Covid-19.

An international team of scientists have discovered a molecule which prevents tumour cells spreading from a primary cancer site to colonise other sites in the body.

Early career academic in the Department of Chemistry, Dr Chris Spicer, has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust Career Development Grant worth £990,000.

Researchers have discovered how to target stem cells affected by leukaemia without causing harm to healthy stem cells, paving the way for new, safer treatments for the disease.

A University of York professor has been awarded more than £2m to develop a new battery that aims to improve the effectiveness of MRI scanners to detect diseases.

Researchers at the University of York have expanded a unique regional cancer database, which will help clinicians understand more about conditions such as leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

Academics from the University of York will use a share of £22m from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to improve our understanding of blood cancer.

Analysing sodium levels in breast cancer tumours can give an accurate indication of how aggressive a cancer is and whether chemotherapy treatments are taking effect, new research has shown.

We tracked survivors of childhood ALL through their teenage and young adult years to see how their health fared. Involving most clinical specialties, we found that hospital attendances were much higher than expected, and that ALL survivors were more than twice as likely as their unaffected counterparts to fall under the care of endocrinology, cardiology, neurology, ophthalmology or respiratory medicine. These large differences continued over the 25 years of the study with no sign of declining.

The new cohort allows for a comparison of health between blood cancer patients and the health of those who are cancer-free.

A common childhood viral infection causes damage to cells in the bladder which may lead to cancer, a new study has shown.

New research explores understanding, uncertainty and impact in chronic blood cancers.

A method has been developed in York to 3D-print self-assembled gel scaffolds and load them with gold nanoparticles in situ – the presence of gold has been shown to significantly enhance stem cell growth.

The University of York has been awarded £2.3 million by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for new research into stem cell gene therapy for sickle cell anaemia.

The emergence of Omicron in Sub-Saharan Africa was no surprise to expert epidemiologist living and working in Uganda, Professor Robert Newton.

Scientists have identified unique “indicators” in the blood of patients with severe and fatal Covid, paving the way for simple diagnostic tests to help doctors identify who will go on to become critically ill.

Researchers have proposed a novel antiviral strategy which repurposes and misdirects how a virus assembles.