International
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Bristol part of 拢42 million boost for mental health research to unlock new treatments
30 May 2023
The University of Bristol is part of a 拢42.7 million 'Mental Health Mission' announced by the Government to accelerate research into mental health conditions, including those impacting children. The research will develop radical new treatments, improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosis and increase the use of technology to free up clinician time.
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High blood caffeine level might curb amount of body fat and type 2 diabetes risk
15 March 2023
A high blood caffeine level might curb the amount of body fat a person carries and their risk of type 2 diabetes, suggests research by the Karolinska Institute, University of Bristol and Imperial College, London, and published in the open access journal BMJ Medicine.
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Study of deep-sea corals reveals ocean currents have not fuelled rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide
26 June 2023
Pioneering analysis of deep-sea corals has overturned the idea that ocean currents contributed to increasing global levels of carbon dioxide in the air over the past 11,000 years.
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New research shows recovering tropical forests offset just one quarter of carbon emissions from new tropical deforestation and forest degradation
15 March 2023
A pioneering global study has found deforestation and forests lost or damaged due to human and environmental change, such as fire and logging, are fast outstripping current rates of forest regrowth.
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Bristol just transition trailblazers make tracks for Bonn Climate Change Conference
4 June 2024
Climate change experts from the University of Bristol are all set to champion inclusivity and ensuring a fair shift to a net zero economy at a major United Nations summit 鈥� the Bonn Climate Change Conference in Germany this week.
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Memories could be lost if two key brain regions fail to sync together, study finds
15 March 2023
Learning, remembering something, and recalling memories is supported by multiple separate groups of neurons connected inside and across key regions in the brain. If these neural assemblies fail to sync together at the right time, the memories are lost, a new study led by the universities of Bristol and Heidelberg has found.
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GPs have a key role to diagnose vulval lichen sclerosus
26 June 2023
Primary care professionals should think beyond thrush and genitourinary symptoms of menopause (GSM) when women present with vulval symptoms and consider the diagnosis of vulval lichen sclerosus (VLS), research led by the University of Bristol suggests.
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One of the first people to have a transfusion of lab-grown red blood cells says: 'why wouldn鈥檛 you do it?'
15 March 2023
One of the first people to be transfused with red blood cells grown in a laboratory has spoken about her experiences.
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Researchers find new pathway to prevent kidney failure for thousands
13 April 2023
Researchers at the University of Bristol have made a breakthrough that could prevent certain kidney patients progressing towards renal failure.
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Wearable monitor detects stress hormone levels across a full 24-hour day
21 June 2023
Early warning signs of diseases caused by dysfunctional levels of stress hormones could be spotted more easily thanks to a new wearable device developed by endocrine researchers. This is the first time it has been possible to measure changes to people鈥檚 stress hormones as they go about normal daily activities, across both day and night. The new collaborative research led by the University of Bristol, University of Birmingham and University of Bergen has the potential to revolutionise how diseases of the stress hormone system are diagnosed and treated.
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