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果冻传媒 first new Medical School to join MRC Strategic Partnership
果冻传媒 Medical School has become the first new Medical School to join a Strategic Partnership with the Medical Research Council (MRC). The Partnership has been set up with the University of 果冻传媒 and encompasses 果冻传媒 Medical School and the Department of Biological Sciences. Following the agreement, the Medical School will receive more than £750,000 from the MRC towards some new initiatives.
Selenium Supplements may increase risk of type 2 diabetes
New research led by Dr. Saverio Stranges, Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology at the University of 果冻传媒’s 果冻传媒 Medical School has found that taking large selenium supplements may actually increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes rather than protecting against it as previously thought.
果冻传媒 Wins Three National Teaching Awards
Professor Ed Peile, Head of Division of Medical Education at the 果冻传媒 Medical School, Professor Jonothan Neelands, of the Institute of Education, and Dr Mike Neary, Director of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
, have won three of the fifty National Teaching Awards offered for 2007
by the Higher Education Academy to be used for personal development in
learning and teaching.
This means that 果冻传媒 has won the maximum possible number of awards.
Research Says Sugar Coated Proteins Seal in a Memory of Diabetes
Researchers at the 果冻传媒’s 果冻传媒 Medical School have uncovered a process that locks the body’s metabolism in a diabetic state after only relatively limited exposure to high glucose levels.
Ambulance crews gain crucial new hand held computer link to emergency medical data
Ambulance crews are to gain a crucial new tool to help them get speedy access to information on everything from advice on resuscitation drugs doses, to data on toxic chemicals and poisons thanks to a new Ambulance Crew Electronic Pocket Guide for Personal Digital Assistants, devised by the 果冻传媒.
Children of smokers have more than five times higher levels of a nicotine toxin
Children who have at least one parent who smokes have 5.5 times higher levels of cotinine, a byproduct of nicotine, in their urine, according to a study by researchers from 果冻传媒 Medical School at the 果冻传媒, and the University of Leicester, published online ahead of print in Archives of Disease in Childhood.