Tag: treatment
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Research breakthroughs could transform treatment for deadly illnesses
BREAKTHROUGH research at the University of Dundee may lead to treatments that make two deadly parasitic infections a thing of the past. Experts have contributed to the development of two drug compounds that have the potential to revolutionise treatment of Chagas Disease and visceral leishmaniasis. The two parasitic infections kill thousands of people every year.…
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Scots family remain hopeful after daughter, 5, suffering from tragic rare cancer relapse has “very good response” to treatment
A SCOTS family is remaining hopeful after the treatment for their daughter’s rare form of cancer appears to have yielded a “very good response”. Stephanie Kent and Jamie Gentleman’s daughter Flora was first diagnosed with rare and aggressive neuroblastoma in April 2021 when she was just two years old. Stephanie Kent, 31, Flora Gentleman, 5,…
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Scots uni in new study for live-saving diabetes and heart failure treatment
RESEARCHERS at the University of Dundee have received a grant from JDRF to to support a UK-wide diabetes clinical trial. The trial could potentially advance a new life-saving treatment for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and heart failure. The £1.5m SOPHIST trial will be led by the University’s Dr Ify Mordi, a Senior Lecturer in Cardiology.…