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Key appointments at Keele University Faculty of Health

Posted in Faculty of Health, Medical School, Science and Technology in Medicine, tagged on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Keele University’s Faculty of Health has announced two key appointments.
Professor Gordon Ferns has been appointed to the combined post of Director of the Research Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine in Keele’s Faculty of Health and Director of R&D at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire and Professor Val Wass has been named as [...]

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Award for pioneering stem cell research to mend broken bones

Posted in Science and Technology in Medicine, tagged , , , on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) could lead to the development of new and better treatments for broken bones and other orthopaedic problems associated with ageing.
Nearly £4M has been awarded to scientists from the universities of Keele, Imperial College London, Nottingham and Southampton and who will work together combining stem cell [...]

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Bone-repairing stem cell jab hope

Posted in Science and Technology in Medicine, tagged , , , , , on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

By Michelle Roberts, BBC
 
Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.
A team at Keele University is testing injectible stem cells that they say they can control with a magnet.
Once injected these immature cells can be guided to precisely where their [...]

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X-ray eyes bring us closer to early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease

Posted in Science and Technology in Medicine, tagged , , , on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It is estimated that 4 million people world-wide are suffering from Parkinson’s, a complex disease that varies greatly among affected individuals. Understanding the brain chemistry that leads to the onset of Parkinson’s is vital if we are to develop methods for early MRI diagnosis and new treatments for this devastating disease.
Speaking at the American Association [...]

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Keele medic is runner up in top innovation competition

Posted in Medical School, Science and Technology in Medicine, tagged , , on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A Keele University academic has won a £10,000 prize in a national business competition with his revolutionary new way to monitor assisted childbirth and abolish the risk of serious injuries to mothers and babies.
Led by Dr Khaled Ismail of Keele University Medical School, PRO Medical Innovations Ltd has developed Safeceps™, a more sophisticated take on [...]

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