Lack of awareness of the full services that dentists offer and an expectation of long waiting times for appointments are among the reasons three hundred and eighty thousand people in the UK visited their doctor with a dental problem last year, needlessly adding to GP appointment waiting times. Cardiff University reports the new study, conducted … Continue reading Thousands see a GP when they should go to the dentist

Cardiff University has opened a brand new facility with the capacity to hold up to a million biological samples for medical research. The Cardiff University Biobank, opened on Monday by Health Secretary Vaughan Gething, will give researchers quick and easy access to biological samples to be used in research for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment … Continue reading Cardiff University Biobank officially opened

Regular use of aspirin could help in the treatment of some cancers, according to a new review of seventy one medical studies. Cardiff University reports the systematic review, which looked at the survival of one hundred and twenty thousand people with cancer who took aspirin, compared with four hundred people who didn’t, showed that at … Continue reading Aspirin could play a role in treating cancer

Cerebra, a national charity based in Wales, aims to exploit Cardiff University’s world leading research in genetics, psychiatry and brain development in order to revolutionise third sector support for children with severe learning and developmental challenges. Funded by a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) grant, the project will help position Cerebra as a leader in mental … Continue reading Improving lives of children with brain disorders

Using some of the most advanced neuroimaging equipment in the world, researchers at Cardiff University’s Brain Imaging Research Centre (CUBRIC) are set to study the brain function and structure of one hundred and seventy healthy volunteers as part of a research project to uncover the mysteries that still surround the most complex organ in the … Continue reading Most advanced brain imaging study in Wales

Cancer organoid bioprocessing company Cellesce and Cardiff University have won an Innovate UK competition. The award will fund a collaborative project that aims to improve research into scaling up organoids to enable the discovery of new breast cancer therapies. MediWales reports this project will build on the expertise the two teams have already established with … Continue reading Award to develop organoids to treat breast cancer

A new study by researchers at Cardiff University and the University of Oxford shows a one week course of oral steroid tablets does not result in large benefits for most two to eight year olds who have had glue ear with hearing loss for at least three months. Glue ear, otherwise known as otitis media … Continue reading Oral steroids not effective for most children with glue ear

The inherited gene that leads to Huntington’s disease has been found to affect brain development from an early age, even though most people don’t develop symptoms of the until they’re between thirty and fifty. Cardiff University reports the findings of the study, by its scientists and colleagues from University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Lund University, which … Continue reading Huntington’s disease starts in childhood

A team from Cardiff University, working with Abertillery company Neem Biotech, have successfully synthesised a compound called ajoene, without the need for garlic as a starting material, opening up the possibility of producing it cheaply and in large volumes. Cardiff University reports the team believe the compound could be used as a novel drug in … Continue reading Antibiotic compound from garlic recreated by researchers

Wales is about to become one of the first countries to robustly examine the use of a new HIV prevention strategy that has been rolled out across the world. Cardiff University reports Dr David Gillespie, Deputy Director of their Infections, Inflammation and Immunity Division, will lead the research after winning a Health Research Fellowship award … Continue reading Investigating use of new HIV prevention strategy