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£1 million funding boost for research into preventing breast cancer recurrence

Researchers working to understand why some breast cancers come back years later and form incurable secondary tumours, have received a £1 million funding boost.
A man wearing glasses stood at a podium for the ESB2024 congress with a background image of the city of Edinburgh.

Professor Enrico Dall'Ara elected President of the European Society of Biomechanics

Professor Enrico Dall'Ara, from the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield's School of Medicine and Population Health, has been elected President of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB).

Cancer and Bone Society Group Phono - July 2024
Cancer and Bone Society Group Phono - July 2024

Lifetime Achievement Award for Professor Rob Coleman

Professor Christine Le Maitre

Scientific Oral Presentation Success - BritSpine

Presentation entitled 'Understanding the behaviour of Notochordal cells in healthy and degenerated disc environment and their anti-catabolic properties on degenerated Nucleus pulposus cells'.
Professor Christine Le Maitre

President Elect for the Society of Back Pain Research

Congratualtions Christine.
Richard Eastell, Chair of the meeting, speaking to one of the delegates

Mellanby Centre Annual Research Day 2023

The Mellanby Centre held its annual meeting in March and over 100 people attended. A particular highlight was hearing from our new Faculty Vice President, Professor Ashley Blom about his plans for the Faculty and about his research.

Mellanby Centre Annual Research Day

Mellanby Centre Annual Research Day

The º£½ÇÉçÇø’s Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research held its annual meeting in March and over 110 people attended.

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Osteoporosis drug could half number of redo hip replacement operations

More than half of repeat hip replacement operations could be prevented with a drug already successfully used to treat osteoporosis, new research from the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has revealed.