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Sheffield spinout takes major step towards advancing pioneering treatments for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP)

BlackfinBio Limited is a spinout company from the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield set to pioneer novel therapies for rare genetic neurological diseases.

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Groundbreaking EXPERTS-ALS study for MND treatments

The EXPErimental medicine Route To Success in ALS (EXPERTS-ALS) project aims to rapidly screen potential drugs for evidence that they can slow down damage to the nervous system occurring in people with motor neuron disease
Professor Mimoun Azzouz holding a petri dish

Comment: Turning the biggest disappointment of a career into a new era for UK gene therapy manufacturing

Professor Mimoun Azzouz discusses career challenges before opening the Gene Therapy Innovation and Manufacturing Centre (GTIMC) at the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield.
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Our 2024 research highlights

As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on and celebrate some of our research news stories from 2024.
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MIROCALS Consortium announces top-line results of European trial at 33rd International MND Symposium

The MIROCALS Trial Consortium - which includes scientists from the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield - have today announced the top-line results from the phase 2b trial of a low dose Interleukin-2 (ld IL2) in patients with Motor Neurone Disease.
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£12 million to accelerate scientific discoveries into new medical treatments

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has received a £12 million funding boost.
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Breaks in what was historically thought to be ‘junk’ DNA give insight into neurological disease

‘Junk’ DNA could unlock new treatments for neurological disorders as scientists discover how its breaks and repairs affect our protection against neurological disease.

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Second Neuroscience Institute Autumn Symposium