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Tribbles protein offers hope for tuberculosis treatment

Tuberculosis is the biggest bacterial killer worldwide. Instead of targeting the bacteria with antibiotics to combat the disease, our researchers are focusing on how our immune systems could overcome infection.

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Important step forward in stem cell therapy for rare bowel disease

Stem cell therapy could be used to treat sufferers of a rare bowel disease, a new study led by researchers at the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield and º£½ÇÉçÇø College London (UCL), has demonstrated.
Fluorescently labelled mutant stem cells differentiated toward sympathetic neurons. Image recorded by Dr. Ingrid Saldana

Stem cells provide new insight into genetic pathway of childhood cancer

Scientists have discovered a new insight into the genetic pathway of childhood cancer, offering new hope for tailored treatments.
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New Sheffield research could help to develop preventative treatments for heart disease

Researchers at the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield are to study if ‘turning off’ a protein could help prevent heart attacks and strokes.
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EMBO Reports Cover

Congratulations to Elisabeth Kugler, PhD student in the Chico lab, whose work on transient spherical structures termed "kugeln" in the cranial vasculature of zebrafish has been featured on the front cover of EMBO Reports.

Scientists identify novel protrusions in blood vessels of the brain which may allow new insight into mechanisms of stroke

Scientists from the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield have discovered a novel behaviour of the blood vessels of the brain in zebrafish that may explain some forms of stroke in humans.
Scientific image - Fruit fly macrophages responding to wound in presence of apoptosis

Dead cells disrupt how immune cells respond to wounds and patrol for infection

Dead cells disrupt immune responses and undermine defence against infection, new research has found.
Copycat fungus

Copycat fungus deceives immune system and deactivates body’s response to infection

Fungus can imitate signals from our immune system and prevent our body from responding to infection, new research from the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield has found.