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Jet lag drug may ease chemotherapy symptoms

03 October, 2017

A new study suggests a commonly used jet lag drug could ease painful side effects of chemotherapy.

Anatomy@Edinbugh at Terrific Scientific

07 September, 2017

Anatomy@Edinburgh joined colleagues from the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine on Tuesday…

Forensic team reveals killer’s face

06 September, 2017

The face of a 19th century killer has been recreated using forensic techniques and is on display in…

New drug treatment eases Fragile X symptoms

22 August, 2017

Scientists have discovered how the brain can self-correct disruptions in processing, pointing the…

Fish reveal clues to healing spinal cord injuries

22 August, 2017

Fresh insights into how zebrafish repair their nerve connections could hold clues to new therapies…

First Learning and Teaching Forum a success

14 August, 2017

The Biomedical Sciences Learning and Teaching Forum 2017 was held on the 21st of June in the…

Universities family visit day at DIPM

14 July, 2017

The Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine (DIPM) welcomed 20 visitors, all families with…

Overactive scavenger cells contribute to neurodegeneration

12 July, 2017

Dr. Chris Henstridge and Dr. Tara Spires-Jones (Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems) have…

Honours project selected for BORS 17

28 June, 2017

Congratulations to Robbie Miller, an intercalating medical student, who has been selected to…

Grant success for motor neurone therapies

27 June, 2017

Congratulations to Professor Tom Gillingwater on his grant success from MND Scotland for developing…

New Longitude Prize Advisory Panel member

15 June, 2017

Congratulation to Dr Till Bachmann, Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine, who has been…

Prof David Lyons talks about MS research

14 June, 2017

Prof David Lyons has produced a short video with the University about the quest to find therapies…

Diabetes drug may help symptoms of autism associated condition

01 June, 2017

New research shows that a widely used diabetes medication could help with a common inherited form…

Universities Family Visit day at the DiPM

30 May, 2017

The Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine (DIPM) at the University of Edinburgh will welcome…

Dr Debbie Shaw awarded Senior Fellowship of the HEA

19 May, 2017

We are delighted to announce that Dr Debbie Shaw has been awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher…

Honours student project leads to publication

18 May, 2017

Congratulations to Honours student Harry Newmark, whose project has been published as a Hypothesis…

Dementia experts join £250m initiative to combat disease

20 April, 2017

Dementia researchers across the UK are joining forces to find new ways of tackling the condition.

Impact Award 2017 win for Biomedical Sciences

07 April, 2017

Academic Families, Biomedical Sciences' peer support group, has won the Impact Award for Best…

Academic Families shortlisted for Impact Award

15 March, 2017

Biomedical Sciences has been shortlisted for an Impact Award in the category of Best Peer Support…

Professor Sue Welburn appointed as new Executive Dean of the ZJU Institute

14 March, 2017

Professor Welburn's appointment was formally announced on 14th March 2017 at a ceremony at the…