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Doctors should avoid co-prescribing benzodiazepines to opioid dependent patients due to increase in overdose death
26 November 2019
Doctors should avoid co-prescribing benzodiazepines to opioid dependent patients who are being treated with methadone or buprenorphine, also known as opioid agonist treatment (OAT), due to a three-fold increase in risk of overdose death, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Bristol.
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Scientists determine colour of ancient mammals
28 September 2015
What colour were the animals that roamed the Earth 50 million years ago? For the first time, the original colour of a fossil mammal has been described by scientists from the University of Bristol, UK and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, US.
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Genetic analyses indicate that the effect of being overweight and obesity on cancer risk is at least double than previously thought
9 August 2019
The effect of being overweight and obesity on risk of cancer is at least twice as large as previously thought according to new findings by an international research team which included University of Bristol academics.
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Children of abused mothers 50 per cent more likely to have low IQ
26 November 2019
Children of women who reported domestic violence in pregnancy or during the first six years of the child's life are almost 50 per cent more likely to have a low IQ at age eight, research has found.
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SETsquared ranked top global university business incubator for third time
7 November 2019
A national university business incubator, with offices in Bristol鈥檚 Engine Shed, has been named as the best in the world for the third time for its outstanding contribution to developing the next generation of UK tech entrepreneurs.
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Spin-out secures 拢1.1 million for ground-breaking 'supercharged' cell therapies to treat solid tumours
25 November 2019
A University of Bristol spin-out company has raised 拢1.1 million in funding to develop next generation cell therapies that could open new ways to treat solid tumours and improve the lives of 18 million people worldwide who are diagnosed with cancer each year.
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Million-pound grant for Bristol physicists to investigate matter and anti-matter
21 November 2019
The University of Bristol will receive up to 拢1.1M to research matter and anti-matter as part of a global science experiment that will inform the debate about why the universe survived the Big Bang.
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Women who spend their childhoods in deprived neighbourhoods face an increased risk of intimate partner violence
21 November 2019
Women who spend longer periods of their early lives in less affluent neighbourhoods are at greater risk of experiencing violence during their early adulthoods at the hands of their intimate partners, finds a new study published in Epidemiology.
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The world鈥檚 most powerful acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating humans
22 January 2018
Acoustic tractor beams use the power of sound to hold particles in mid-air, and unlike magnetic levitation, they can grab most solids, liquids or even small insects and food. For the first time University of Bristol engineers have shown that it is possible to stably trap objects larger than the wavelength of sound in an acoustic tractor beam. This discovery opens the door to the manipulation of drug capsules or micro-surgical implements within the human body. Container-less transportation of delicate larger samples is now also a possibility and who knows, this could be a step towards levitating humans.
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Would people be willing to give their personal data for research?
20 November 2019
New research led by the University of Bristol has found that over half of people would be willing to donate their personal data for research to benefit the wider general public.
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