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Academia-pharma collaboration attracts £14.4million funding in the UK to accelerate drug discovery

The University of Dundee and the Medical Research Council (MRC) are pleased to announce new funding of over £14million from a consortium of six pharmaceutical companies for continuing research on the development of new drug treatments for major global diseases.The consortium, called the Division of Signal Transduction Therapy (DSTT), includes six of the world's leading pharmaceutical compani...


Dundee duo recognised for outstanding contribution to medical science

Professors Julian Blow and Dario Alessi from the University of Dundee have received the prestigious honour of election to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.Julian Blow is Professor of Chromosome Maintenance and Deputy-Head of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression within the University's College of Life Sciences, while Professor Alessi is Director of the Medic...


UK health system not designed to cope with rising numbers of people with multiple health problems (The Lancet)

New research published Online First in The Lancet shows that having several medical conditions is not just a feature of old age. Most patients with two or more conditions are actually under 65. Health systems in the UK and other developed countries were not devised to deal with this scenario and must be radically changed to cope.The study was led by Bruce Guthrie, Professor of Primary Care Medicin...


Eye imaging may shed light on heart disease risk

The University of Dundee is a key partner in a pioneering study aiming to determine whether a scan of blood vessels in the eye can identify signs of heart disease.More than 1,000 patients with suspected heart disease are to be recruited into the study. They will have high definition images taken of their retinas to check for indications - such as changes to blood vessel widths or unusually branche...