International
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Study identifies key molecular step in mitochondrial division
4 October 2024
A key molecular step required for the division of damaged mitochondria - essential for cell health - has been identified by a University of Bristol-led study. The finding has the potential to establish how mitochondrial dysfunction goes wrong in common neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
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New study to investigate COVID-19 and misinformation
1 December 2020
Researchers at the University of Bristol and King's College London are leading a major new study to investigate COVID-19 perceptions and misperceptions, lockdown compliance and vaccine hesitancy.
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The University celebrates the Chinese Year of the Pig!
1 February 2019
There are a variety of performances, workshops and craft activities planned this weekend to celebrate the start of the Lunar New Year!
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Around 160,000 joint replacement surgeries lost by COVID-19 pandemic, study finds
1 August 2024
Nearly nine months of joint replacement surgery has been lost - around 160,000 fewer operations – since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study led by the University of Bristol has found. The research suggests returning to pre-pandemic levels will not tackle the backlog, and even with rapid expansion, it will take many years, if not decades, to fix this joint replacement crisis.
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Bristol launches collaboration with Institute of Statistical Mathematics in Japan
28 February 2019
The University of Bristol’s Jean Golding Institute (JGI) for data science and data-intensive research has announced a new academic and research collaboration with the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) in Japan.
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Moths strike out in evolutionary arms race with sophisticated wing design
23 November 2020
Ultra-thin, super-absorbent and extraordinarily designed to detract attention, the wings of moths could hold the key for developing technological solutions to survive in a noisy world.
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Intervention improves the healthcare response to domestic violence in low- and middle-income countries
27 November 2024
Culturally appropriate women-centred interventions can help healthcare systems respond to domestic violence, research has found. HERA (Healthcare Responding to Violence and Abuse) has been co-developing and evaluating a domestic violence and abuse healthcare intervention in low- and middle-income countries for the past five years. This National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Global Research Group will report their findings, and publish a PolicyBristol report, at a conference in London today [27 November].
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Antibiotic prescribing in primary care
27 February 2019
New research on when and how GPs should prescribe antibiotics for common infections is published in The BMJ today [Wednesday 27 February] and is accompanied by an editorial response from the University of Bristol's Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC).
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Bristol researchers share expertise to tackle global challenges
29 January 2019
Scientists from the University of Bristol will be sharing their expertise as part of two new £20 million UK Research and Innovation Global Research Hubs funded through the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).
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Pioneering trial offers hope for restoring brain cells damaged in Parkinson's
27 February 2019
Results from a pioneering clinical trials programme that delivered an experimental treatment directly to the brain offer hope that it may be possible to restore the cells damaged in Parkinson's.
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