A research projects aimed at gauging the UK public’s attitude and responses to the coronavirus pandemic has been launched. For accurate and up to date information on coronavirus please go to gov.uk/coronavirus. If you’re outside the UK please see the information on coronavirus from your national and local authorities. Cardiff University reports its experts, and … Continue reading Universities researching UK attitudes to coronavirus

The “impulsive and risk-taking” lifestyles of repeat offenders means they are likely to be at higher risk of catching and spreading coronavirus, according to a leading criminologist. For accurate and up to date information on coronavirus please go to gov.uk/coronavirus. If you’re outside the UK please see the information on coronavirus from your national and … Continue reading Repeat offenders’ lifestyles may put them at a higher risk of coronavirus

The COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK) brings together experts from across the NHS, academia and public health agencies for large scale, rapid sequencing and analysis of the disease. This information can then be quickly shared with hospitals, the NHS and the government to help inform their response to the pandemic. For accurate and up to … Continue reading Welsh scientists helping track the spread of coronavirus

One of Britain’s best loved mammals is set to receive a boost with the sequencing and release of the first high quality Eurasian otter genome by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in partnership with the Cardiff University Otter Project. Cardiff University reports the genome has been published through Wellcome Open Research and is openly … Continue reading Otter genome to help understand genetic legacy of pollution crisis and secure species’ future

Researchers have developed a potential new tool to help clinicians detect hidden signs of autism in adults. Autism is usually diagnosed in childhood but a growing number of adults are being diagnosed with the condition, even in mid to late adulthood. Many adults develop compensatory psychological strategies to hide their symptoms from clinicians, employers and … Continue reading Researchers develop new tool to help detect hidden signs of autism in adults

Rare genetic disorders caused by small changes in a person’s genetic make up affect fewer than one in two thousand people globally, but they are a major cause of developmental and psychiatric conditions, such as autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and intellectual disability. Recent advances in technologies to detect these small changes … Continue reading Global group to investigate links between rare genomic disorders and psychiatric conditions

Scientists from Cardiff University have brought together all known risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease for the first time to produce a new model of the disease which it is hoped will help speed up the discovery of new treatments. The Multiplex Model is a new way of looking at Alzheimer’s disease developed by Professor Julie … Continue reading New model designed to better understand the causes of Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists have identified specific regions of chromosome 21 which cause problems in memory and decision making in mice with Down’s syndrome. They say it is the first time the areas have been determined – and suggest the findings may provide new insight into the condition in humans. Most people have forty six chromosomes, which carry … Continue reading Novel insight into chromosome 21 and its effect on Down syndrome

Eminent philanthropist and three times cancer survivor Dr James Hull has joined forces with six universities to investigate why cancer returns in some people and not others. Focusing on people who have had successful treatment of advanced cancer and in whom the cancer has not reoccurred for at least five years, Swansea University says its … Continue reading Study looks at why some patients remain cancer free

Researchers at Cardiff University have discovered a new type of killer T-cell that offers hope of a “one-size-fits-all” cancer therapy. T-cell therapies for cancer, where immune cells are removed, modified and returned to the patient’s blood to seek and destroy cancer cells, are the latest paradigm in cancer treatments. The most widely used therapy, known … Continue reading Discovery of new T-cell raises prospect of “universal” cancer therapy