New drug approach could underpin future weight loss therapies, study indicates
Therapies that deliver hydrogen sulfide to cells could one day become the basis of new treatments for obesity and related...
Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
Exeter Medical Students excel in National Neuroanatomy Competition
University of Exeter medical students display excellent neuroanatomy knowledge in recent national competition. The National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition (NUNC), now...
Exeter launches medical mycology unit in Latin America to fight global fungal disease crisis
To combat the global threat posed by fungal diseases, the University of Exeter is expanding its world-leading research expertise by...
Genes with strong impact on menopause timing also link to cancer risk
New research has found four genes with some of the largest known effects on the timing of menopause discovered to...
New study to explore novel marker in interstitial lung disease prognosis
Researchers at the University of Exeter and clinical radiopharmaceutical company Serac Healthcare Ltd are researching a new molecular imaging marker...
Epigenetics blood markers can help understand dementia risk
New research suggests that epigenetic markers in the blood could be useful for understanding dementia risk. Two linked papers from...
Multi-million-pound programme to inspire students into research
The University of Exeter is involved in a new multi-million-pound programme to encourage more students and health and social care...
Novel sequencing approaches highlight role of brain gene activity in Alzheimer’s disease
Innovative new research has revealed that the activity of different versions of genes expressed in the brain is associated with...
Exeter expert leads new national £28.5million Human Functional Genomics Initiative
A world-leading genomics expert at the University of Exeter Medical School has been appointed as director of a new UK-wide...