Research
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Professor Colin Dayan returns to the University of Bristol
24 January 2017
Diabetes expert begins a joint role linking his current post at Cardiff University with a new appointment as Professor of Diabetes and Endocrinology at the University of Bristol.
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New international study concludes digital media can fuel polarisation and populism
7 November 2022
The question whether the rise in usage of digital media is contributing to the erosion of democracy is a source of popular debate, with tech companies arguing findings are inconclusive.
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Inequities in access to bereavement support in the UK persists, new research finds
7 November 2022
New research has shown there continues to be inequities in access to bereavement support in the UK. In particular, even though minoritised ethnic communities were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, overall, proportions of ethnically minoritised clients did not increase, according to bereavement services.
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Dr Sue Porter, 1954-2017
24 January 2017
Dr Sue Porter, Senior Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies, passed away on 11 January. Her colleague Beth Tarleton offers a tribute.
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First ever clinical trial of laboratory grown red blood cells being transfused into another person underway
7 November 2022
Red blood cells that have been grown in a laboratory have now been transfused into another person in a world first clinical trial led by a UK team including University of Bristol researchers.
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Bristol researchers help disadvantaged local families make their voices heard through power of art
20 October 2022
A community initiative supported by the University of Bristol working with families from one of the most deprived areas in the region has resulted in a new campaign calling for parents’ experience and expertise to be more valued and their voices to be better heard.
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Association between poor sleep quality and an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's, new study finds
3 November 2022
New research has shown an association between sleep quality – less than seven hours - and Alzheimer's disease-related pathology in people without cognitive impairment. The study by an international team led by the Pasqual Maragall Foundation research centre, the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Centre (BBRC), together with researchers from the University of Bristol and North Bristol NHS Trust, is published in the scientific journal Brain Communications today [3 November].
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Adverse health outcomes associated with long-term antidepressant use
29 September 2022
Long-term antidepressant use may double the risk of heart disease, finds the most comprehensive epidemiological study to date to investigate the health consequences from using the medication over ten years. The University of Bristol-led study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry Open, analysed data on over 200,000 people.
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Disappearing into thin air: harnessing oxygen drop could eliminate cancers without harming healthy tissue
24 August 2018
A major advance towards targeting cancer without harming healthy tissue has been discovered by University of Bristol researchers. The team has found a way to exploit hypoxia (reduced oxygen levels) — a condition which occurs during the development of many common cancers and drives their progression and spread. The findings, which have implications for targeted oncology, are published today [24 August 2018] in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine.
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Dead fish breathes new life into the evolutionary origin of fins and limbs
28 September 2022
A trove of fossils in China, unearthed in rock dating back some 436 million years, have revealed for the first time that the mysterious galeaspids, a jawless freshwater fish, possessed paired fins.
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