A new study published in Nature, conducted by an alliance between industry and academia involving the University of Liverpool, who reported on the study, has highlighted a new approach to targeting key cancer-linked proteins, which were thought to be undruggable. The majority of cancers have a faulty or inactive gene, p53, which allows them to … Continue reading Researchers drug the undruggable

A novel contact lens device developed by University of Liverpool engineers to improve the treatment of glaucoma has been found to reliably track pressure changes in the eye and be wearable by people who took part in its first clinical study. The University of Liverpool reports that the contact lens device is able to continuously … Continue reading Contact lens device to improve treatment of glaucoma

The University of Liverpool has reported that a study published by researchers at its Institute of Translational Medicine, in Annals of Internal Medicine, has shown a potential treatment for people with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is ineffective. CRPS is a severe post-traumatic pain condition affecting one or more limbs and is associated with regional … Continue reading Complex regional pain syndrome treatment ineffective

The University of Liverpool Mersey Head & Neck Oncology Research Group (MHNORG) has been awarded £1.5m of funding for two multi-centre head and neck cancer studies. The University of Liverpool reports that MHNORG, a research collaboration between the University of Liverpool and Aintree University Hospital, the Liverpool Dental Hospital and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, brings together … Continue reading £1.5m for Liverpool head and neck cancer research

Scientists are part of a major new project that aims to make the UK dairy industry more sustainable and resilient. The University of Liverpool has reported that it is working together as part of the N8 AgriFood programme. A team of researchers from the Universities of Newcastle, Leeds and Liverpool will look at issues around … Continue reading Project to increase the resilience of dairy farming

A new study, published in Wiley Brain and Behaviour, has examined the wide range of visual impairments developed by stroke survivors. Approximately 65% of acute stroke survivors have visual impairment which typically relates to impaired central or peripheral vision, eye movement abnormalities, or visual perceptual defects. Symptoms can include blurred or altered vision, double or … Continue reading New study looking at post-stroke visual impairments

The University of Liverpool has reported that it is part of an international team of scientists that have identified the climatic risks for dengue disease outbreaks with a new study undertaken in India. This was achieved by evaluating the relationship of climatic factors in the spread of dengue in different climatic zones through the states … Continue reading Climatic risks for dengue disease outbreaks identified

The University of Liverpool has reported that one of its leading scientists has been awarded a grant of over £190,000 by research charity Breast Cancer Now to investigate potential new treatments for a common type of breast cancer. Around 20% of all breast cancers are HER2-positive, meaning they overproduce a protein called HER2 (human epidermal … Continue reading University of Liverpool receives funding to investigate potential breast cancer treatments

The University of Liverpool has reported that a new international research project, involving its leading eye cancer research group, has identified specific subtypes of ocular melanoma that will help develop improved management strategies and therapies in the future. Uveal melanoma (UM) is a cancer that arises from the pigment cells (melanocytes) in the middle layer … Continue reading International Eye Cancer Research project to improve future therapies

Chemists at the Universities of Liverpool and Dundee have been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award in Science of more than £1.5m to study potential disease causing mechanisms in the cell cycle. The team composed of Professor Sonia Rocha at the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Integrative Biology and Professors Angus Lamond, Jason Swedlow … Continue reading Universities of Liverpool and Dundee receive £1.5m Wellcome Trust award for cell cycle study