2016-2017 News

El Niño fuelled Zika outbreak, new study suggests, DECEMBER 19, 2016

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that a change in weather patterns, brought on by the ‘Godzilla’ El Niño of 2015, fuelled the Zika outbreak in South America.

Physicists shine light on antimatter, DECEMBER 19, 2016

Scientists from the University of Liverpool as part of CERN’s ALPHA collaboration have made the first spectroscopic measurement of an atom of antimatter — a longstanding goal in antimatter physics.

University partners in EU project to create new green spaces in Liverpool, DECEMBER 19, 2016

University researchers are partnering with Liverpool City Council and Mersey Forest on a £3.4M EU research project to create `green corridors’ in key locations across the city with a view to finding out how they improve city living.

Stem cell ‘living bandage’ for knee injuries trialled in humans, DECEMBER 16, 2016

A ‘living bandage’ made from stem cells, which could revolutionise the treatment and prognosis of a common sporting knee injury, has been trialled in humans for the first time by scientists at the Universities of Liverpool and Bristol.

Forensic technique reveals sex of prehistoric hand stencil artists, DECEMBER 13, 2016

Prehistoric ancestors creating human hand stencils in caves 40,000 years ago can now be identified as male or female with more than 90% accuracy.

The Liverpool View: New rules to ban junk food ads aimed at children announced, DECEMBER 8, 2016

Following a full public consultation, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has announced tough new rules banning the advertising of high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) food or drink products in children’s media. The rules will apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema and, crucially, online and in social media.

Side effects of leukaemia drug can be safely reduced by halving dose, DECEMBER 6, 2016

Patients with a chronic type of leukaemia could safely reduce the side effects of life-long treatment by cutting their dose in half, according to the results of a University of Liverpool led study presented at an international conference in America this week.

Liverpool leads on HIV transmission research, DECEMBER 1, 2016

Researchers from the University’s Institute of Translational Medicine have been awarded nearly £6m grant to lead a multinational research consortium that aims to reduce mother to child transmission of HIV.

World AIDS Day 2016: Research in review, DECEMBER 1, 2016

World AIDS Day is held on the 1 December each year as an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died.

Reason for pancreatic cancer’s resistance to chemotherapy found, NOVEMBER 22, 2016

A pioneering University of Liverpool research team have published a study that identifies the mechanism in the human body that causes resistance of pancreatic cancer cells to chemotherapy.

2015-2016 News

Wildlife-friendly farming shown to benefit UK moths. AUGUST 11, 2016

Wildlife-friendly farming schemes can help boost the abundance of many UK moth species, a new study by the University of Liverpool has found.

University leads diet drinks study to tackle obesity, AUGUST 9, 2016

The University of Liverpool is running the largest ever investigation into artificially sweetened drinks and their effect on weight loss and weight maintenance.

Creating bigger, better and more joined-up habitat networks, AUGUST 3, 2016

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new ‘route planner’ tool that could help conservationists aid the movement of species as they adapt to a changing climate.

Promising Alzheimer’s research takes a step forward, AUGUST 1, 2016

Scientists from the University of Liverpool and Victoria University of Wellington have been awarded over £478K to advance a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.

New Liverpool HQ for The Royal College of Physicians, JULY 29, 2016

Liverpool has been chosen as the new Northern headquarters for one of the world’s most renowned medical institutions – The Royal College of Physicians (RCP).

Lung cancer screenings do not cause undue stress, JULY 29, 2016

An in-depth study of the participants anxiety levels in  the major lung cancer screening trial, originally conducted by experts at the University of Liverpool, has found that lung cancer screening does not cause the participants the undue stress sometimes associated with medical tests.

World Hepatitis Day: WHO ‘strongly recommends’ University online resource, JULY 28, 2016

A University of Liverpool website and smartphone application designed to help healthcare professionals to safely prescribe medications for hepatitis patients has been ‘strongly recommended’ for use by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

University HIV smartphone app receives international award, JULY 26, 2016

A smartphone application developed by the University of Liverpool to help healthcare professionals to safely prescribe medications for HIV patients has won an international award.

Hot desert storms increase risk of bacterial meningitis in Africa, JULY 25, 2016

Exposure to airborne dust and high temperatures are significant risk factors for bacterial meningitis, a new study by the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Infection and Global Healthhas found.

Drugs could stop HIV transmission, JULY 12, 2016

A new study has found that neither gay men nor heterosexual people with HIV transmit the virus to their partner, provided they are on suppressive antiretroviral treatment.

Chemists show new way to operate a single molecular switch, JULY 5, 2016

Researchers at the University of Liverpool are part of an international team that have shown a new way to operate a single molecular switch based on mechanochemistry.

Viruses turbo-charge bacterial evolution in cystic fibrosis infections, JULY 5, 2016

Scientists in the UK have found new evidence that tiny viruses called bacteriophages turbo-charge the evolution of bacteria that cause lung infections in Cystic Fibrosis patients.

Caribbean Sea acts like a whistle which can be `heard’ from space, JUNE 22, 2016

A study of the Caribbean Sea by University of Liverpool ocean scientists has revealed that, in the midst of all the noise of the ocean, this region behaves like a whistle, which blows so loudly that it can be ‘heard’ from space in the form of oscillations of the Earth’s gravity field.

Largest assessment of Atlantic deep-sea ecosystems gets underway, JUNE 17, 2016

Scientists from the University of Liverpool have joined forces with teams across 10 European countries, the USA, and Canada to undertake the largest and most ambitious assessment of deep-sea Atlantic ecosystems ever undertaken.

Tracking the evolutionary path of animals thriving in human-dominated environments, JUNE 10, 2016

An evolutionary framework aiming to track the pathways wild organisms followed to survive and thrive in environments dominated by humans has been developed for the first time.

Cancer drug trial success, JUNE 7, 2016

The successful results of a University of Liverpool led drug trial aimed at developing new therapeutic approaches to cancer have been presented at two American medical conferences.

Dogs were domesticated not once, but twice, in different parts of the world, JUNE 2, 2016

A team of scientists compared genetic data with existing archaeological evidence to reveal that man’s best friend may have emerged independently from two separate, possibly now extinct, wolf populations that lived on opposite sides of the Eurasian continent.