Surrey builds AI to find anti-ageing chemical compounds

27-Jul-2021 - The University of Surrey has built an artificial intelligence (AI) model that identifies chemical compounds that promote healthy ageing - paving the way towards pharmaceutical innovations that extend a person's lifespan. In a paper published by Nature Communication's Scientific Reports, a team of ...

Simple, non-invasive skin swab samples are enough to quickly detect COVID-19

18-Mar-2021 - Researchers at the University of Surrey have found that non-invasive skin swab samples may be enough to detect COVID-19. The most widely used approach to testing for COVID-19 requires a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, which involves taking a swab of the back of the throat and far inside the ...

New stem cell strategy aids heart regeneration after heart attack

11-May-2018 - New research published in The Journal of Physiology has indicated a potential new stem cell treatment following a heart attack, by encouraging the regeneration of heart muscle cells. The low retention and survival rate of stem cells implanted in the heart had previously proven a sticking point ...

Night owls have higher risk of dying sooner

13-Apr-2018 - "Night owls" - people who like to stay up late and have trouble dragging themselves out of bed in the morning - have a higher risk of dying sooner than "larks," people who have a natural preference for going to bed early and rise with the sun, according to a new study from Northwestern Medicine ...

New self-regulating nanoparticles could treat cancer

25-Oct-2017 - Scientists from the University of Surrey have developed 'intelligent' nanoparticles which heat up to a temperature high enough to kill cancerous cells - but which then self-regulate and lose heat before they get hot enough to harm healthy tissue. The self-stopping nanoparticles could soon be used ...

Leprosy strain genotyped from medieval pilgrim at UK burial site

Medieval leprosy victim in UK cemetery was likely a religious pilgrim, possibly from overseas

30-Jan-2017 - Leprosy is a bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis. It has afflicted humans for thousands of years, reaching epidemic levels during the Middle Ages, and people continue to be affected by the disease today. However, the genetic origins of the disease are ...

How much radioactivity is in infant formula?

02-Oct-2015 - Based on measurements of radioactivity in samples of infant formula manufactured and sold around the world, researchers estimate that infants 1 year of age or younger who consume these formulas would ingest a significantly higher radioactivity dose than reported levels, but lower than ...

Breakthrough finding brings cure for flesh-eating skin disease 1 step closer

21-Jul-2015 - Scientists from the University of Surrey have made an important breakthrough in the fight against the flesh-eating tropical skin disease Buruli ulcer, by their discovery that the bacteria causes a blood clot in patients' skin, similar to those that cause deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The new ...

New test detects drug use from a single fingerprint

20-May-2015 - Led by the University of Surrey, a team of researchers from the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NL), the National Physical Laboratory (UK), King’s College London (UK) and Sheffield Hallam University (UK), used different types of an analytical chemistry technique known as mass spectrometry to ...

Lilly Announces Diabetes Research Partnership with University of Surrey

29-Dec-2014 - Eli Lilly and Company announced a five-year research partnership with the University of Surrey to study health outcomes, focusing on the effects of treatment in people with type 2 diabetes, which affects about 95 percent of those with the disease.Using real-world evidence (routine data gathered ...