Blood test raises hopes of tackling 'silent killer'

15-Oct-2019 - It is the 'silent killer' that claimed the life of Albert Einstein and affects 1% of men over the age of 65, but researchers at the University of Dundee believe they may be able to reduce the number of fatalities caused by abdominal aortic aneurysms. Aneurysms are the swelling and weakening of ...

Bees research shows not all neonicotinoids are the same

03-May-2016 - The group of chemical insecticides known as neonicotinoids have been identified as presenting a serious risk to bee populations, leading to bans on their use. But at least one may be unfairly named among the offenders when it comes to risks to bumblebees, according to new research led by the ...

Aquapharm and Dundee University Sign Research Collaboration to find Marine Compounds to target Alzheimer’s

22-Sep-2010 - Aquapharm Biodiscovery announced it has signed a research agreement with Dundee University to help it develop new drugs based on marine natural products that may help in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer's is a disease marked by the formation of insoluble protein aggregates in the brain ...

Modern Bioscience PLC and the University of Dundee to develop novel cancer drug

Re-profiling of rimcazole as an anti-cancer drug based on pioneering science at Dundee

06-Aug-2007 - Modern Biosciences plc and the University of Dundee have entered into an agreement to develop a new treatment for cancer, rimcazole. Under the terms of this agreement, the University will grant an exclusive worldwide licence to Modern Biosciences for the development of rimcazole in cancer and ...

Leading Scottish University Joins ITI Life Sciences' Stem Cell Technologies R&D Programme

Dundee University to provide additional research expertise to progress SCT programme

09-May-2007 - ITI Life Sciences announced that it has reached its first technical milestone in its Stem Cell Technologies (SCT) R&D programme, and as a result Dundee University has joined the £9.5 million programme, which started in January 2007. Dundee University will join the programme's other research ...

Discovery of Asthma Attack Gene may lead to novel steroid-sparing treatments

05-Mar-2007 - Potential for a new asthma medicine that could move away from current steroid treatments has been unlocked by researchers at the University of Dundee. The Dundee team have discovered that a certain form of the PPAR Gamma gene makes young asthmatics two to three times more likely to suffer acute ...

Translational Medicine Research Collaboration announces first round research project funding

10-Jan-2007 - The Translational Medicine Research Collaboration (TMRC) announced the first round of research projects to be funded through the new £50 million initiative. Almost £8 million of funding has been released to support 28 new research projects covering a wide range of therapeutic areas including ...

Henry Ford's idea revisited in DNA copying

05-Jul-2006 - Researchers at the University of Dundee have made a significant new discovery about how cells copy their genetic information accurately and efficiently to avoid cancers and other diseases, as reported in the scientific journal Cell, published on 30th June. Dr Tomo Tanaka, Professor Julian Blow ...

Major Award for Dundee Scientist

30-Jun-2005 - Professor Roland Wolf, Director of the Biomedical Research Centre at the University of Dundee, has been given the European Scientific Achievement Award from the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) at their meeting in Nice, France. The ISSX is the major international society ...

Cancer conundrum cracked

29-Mar-2004 - Cancer researchers at the University of Dundee have just turned a common cancer belief on its head saying that a group of proteins previously believed to cause cancer can also be used in the fight against cancer. Dr. Neil Perkins and his team in the School of Life Sciences have identified that ...