Huntington’s disease cases in Northern Scotland up nearly 50% in 30 years: The number of people with a diagnosis of Huntington’s disease (HD) in Northern Scotland has increased by almost 50% over the last 30 years according to a new University of Aberdeen study. The region has rates of Huntington’s disease that are among the […]
Aberdeen has recruited the first UK patient for a new trial investigating pridopidine, an oral drug for the treatment of Huntington’s disease. The PROOF-HD study, sponsored by Prilenia Therapeutics, will enrol up to 480 people with early-stage Huntington’s at approximately 60 sites across the US, Canada, and Europe. Huntington’s disease – often known as HD […]
‘It must have been something I ate’: scientists develop new technique which could rapidly pinpoint sources of food poisoning Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have developed a new technique which could help to identify the source of food poisoning or infection more quickly and accurately than current methods. Advances in Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) […]
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Researchers at the University of Aberdeen will investigate musculoskeletal health during the Covid_19 lockdown. A £52,000 grant has been awarded to investigate the impact of lockdown on patients with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions – specifically psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, also known as Ankylosing Spondylitis, and chronic pain conditions including fibromyalgia. The charity Versus Arthritis […]
Families’ experiences to shape future of sick kids’ services across Scotland in response to recent study conducted by The University of Aberdeen. Parents and carers of children who have had a short stay in hospital within the last 12-18 months are being asked to help share their experiences and provide information to shape the future […]
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Tests that ‘red flag’ the early signs of heart disease in women who had high blood pressure during pregnancy could be developed following a new project by the University of Aberdeen. Pre-eclampsia is a condition marked by high blood pressure in pregnancy and signs of damage to another organ, often the kidneys. The condition affects 1 […]
The first students have been accepted to a new course that gives the most promising secondary pupils from rural areas and less advantaged backgrounds a unique opportunity to study medicine in Aberdeen. Places are still available on the course, which is a joint initiative by the University of Aberdeen and North East Scotland College (NESCOL). […]
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Why do some children develop asthma and others don’t? Scientists at the University of Aberdeen are hoping to be able to answer this question when they follow more than a thousand babies until they’re of school-age to try to find out what factors cause the condition to develop. Previous small-scale experiments carried out in Aberdeen […]
Brussels sprouts could provide an answer to treating Alzheimer’s – the most common cause of dementia. A supercharged version of the acid derived from our Christmas dinner veg is the basis of new research aimed at developing a new drug to treat the progressive brain disease. Experts at the University of Aberdeen are working on […]
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Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have developed a technique to save more lives by vaccinating fewer people. They have done this by using a mathematical model to pick up ‘superblockers’ – those people who are most like to transmit infection because of their lifestyle and activities or because they are highly mobile, moving through different communities. […]