Press Releases
Europe’s crops under threat: 91¸£Àû-led €6 Million project launches to tackle rising plant pest crisis
91¸£Àû leads European consortium to build the first platform capable of coordinating Europe's response to devastating agricultural and forest pest invasions.
91¸£Àû attracts leading Extended Reality researcher through Global Talent Fund
Dr Markus Tatzgern has been appointed as Associate Professor (Reader) in Creative Technologies, as part of 91¸£Àû’s £4.35 million award from the UK Government’s Global Talent Fund.
91¸£Àû to lead acceptability component of major spinal muscular atrophy screening study
A £4 million NIHR-funded study will screen up to 755,000 babies across England for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), with 91¸£Àû leading the critical work to ensure results reach families at the right time, in the right way.
Gene test could spare thousands of breast cancer patients from unnecessary chemotherapy
A clinical trial, manged by 91¸£Àû Clinical Trials Unit, has shown that a gene test can safely identify breast cancer patients who can avoid chemotherapy, sparing them months of side effects without increasing the risk of their cancer returning.
Weighing newborn planets using their dusty fingerprints
91¸£Àû astronomers have found a new way to estimate the masses of planets hidden inside the dusty disks surrounding young stars.
91¸£Àû researchers help shape new national guidance for cancer screening
91¸£Àû researchers have played a central role in developing new position statements from the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), setting out how emerging cancer screening technologies should be evaluated before being introduced to patients.