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Academy of Medical Sciences

The Academy of Medical Sciences

7 July 2014

Baroness Ilora Finlay and Professor Julie Williams elected Academy Fellows.

China

Beating cancer

26 June 2014

Scientists head East in latest cancer fight.

Intellectual disability

Intellectual disability in children

23 June 2014

Could genetics offer new clues to understanding its cause and treatment?

Medical Research Council

Cardiff leads new £16M dementia fight

19 June 2014

Industry and academia unite in new approach to accelerate dementia research.

Professor Mike Owen

Knighthood for genetics pioneer

16 June 2014

Professor Mike Owen awarded knighthood in Queen's birthday honours.

Scientists decode worlds most complex human virus

Scientists decode world's most complex human virus

11 June 2014

Researchers from Cardiff and Harvard have provided the most detailed understanding to date of the world's most complex virus.

Medical breakthrough

Medical Breakthrough Award

2 June 2014

Bowel and prostate cancer research projects are joint-winners of Medical Breakthrough Award.

Bipolar BMJ Award

Bipolar education programme awarded

13 May 2014

BMJ Innovation in Healthcare prize secured.

Learned Society of Wales

7 May 2014

15 members of staff elected as Fellows.

Breakthrough unravels “big eater” cell

28 April 2014

Studies shed new light on how the cell type known as macrophages are programmed in tissues.

Young people

Improving mental health services for homeless people

25 April 2014

Technology Strategy Board rates Cardiff Knowledge Transfer Partnership as ‘outstanding’.

Virus

New vaccine hope for leading viral cause of birth defects

9 April 2014

Scientists discover novel defence mechanism to control a virus which affects around 50% of adults in the UK.

Professor Julie Williams

Cardiff leads largest ever Alzheimer’s study

4 April 2014

One million person study explores the combined influence of genetics and lifestyle in the development of Alzheimer’s.

Brain

Gene linked to low IQ

24 March 2014

Genetic screening could identify children at risk of low IQ development.

Radical new approach to training and retaining doctors in Wales

6 March 2014

New patient-focused curriculum to transform how doctors are trained.

The threat in a smile

27 February 2014

Novel therapy teaches abuse survivors not to fear kindness.

Dr Thomas Connor

Cardiff scientists share £8.5M to help solve key medical challenges

7 February 2014

MRC Consortium for Medical Microbial Bioinformatics (CMMB) initiative unveiled.

Record rise in insulin use

6 February 2014

Study reveals insulin use to treat type 2 diabetes trebles over 20 years.

Toddler burns

4 February 2014

One year olds have 10 times as many burns and scalds as older children.

Thomas Lemon, a final year medical student at the School of Medicine

Triple honours for School of Medicine student

31 January 2014

Thomas Lemon already making waves in his chosen profession.