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Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures: our work in maternal and newborn health

4 April 2025
World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April 2025, kicks off a year-long global campaign on maternal and...
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How Newcastle experts are advancing rare disease research

26 February 2025
For over 70 years, Newcastle has been a world leader in rare disease research and clinical care....
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Human Skin Atlas: the molecular 'recipe' for scarless healing

3 February 2025
Can the project described as 'a Google Maps for the human body' transform regenerative medicine and...
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Man with Parkinsons is interviewed for UHURU film

Witchcraft and demons: perceptions of Parkinson’s disease in Africa

24 January 2025
Witchcraft, curses, and devils. This is the diagnosis often given to patients living with...
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Collage of images including a shot of a glacier, a slug, a forest and the Helix site in Newcastle

Our 2024 research and innovation round up

13 December 2024
As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on and celebrate some highlights...
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Former Newcastle United defender John Anderson speaking at a NUFC memory cafe

United by dementia: accessing dementia support through football

11 December 2024
There is a growing awareness of football's important role in supporting people living with dementia...
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Elizabeth smiling surrounded by greenery in a park

Elizabeth's story: a journey to reversing her Type 2 diabetes

12 November 2024
Meet Elizabeth, whose life has been transformed by Professor Roy Taylor’s pioneering research. For...
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A pregnant woman facing left, standing in front of an open fridge full of groceries, holding an apple.

Maternal health and food insecurity - are mums-to-be at risk?

4 November 2024
Expectant mothers who are considered ‘food insecure’ are up to four times more likely to experience...
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The design, management, and programming of innovation districts

23 October 2024
Developing innovation districts has become a popular strategy around the world to catalyse economic...
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Signpost pointing to north, south, east, and west

Which region in England is worst affected by long Covid?

18 September 2024
This research, led by Dr Stephanie Scott, has uncovered that people in the North of England are...
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Medical scan image of bowel

AI tool can detect early signs of bowel cancer

17 September 2024
Bowel cancer is the second biggest killer cancer after lung cancer and claims around 16,800 lives a...
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Meet Dr Dora – the AI helping patients recover from cataract surgery

15 August 2024
An AI (artificial intelligence) conversational agent that can aid with patient aftercare following...
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