A pharmacy in the Reading suburb of Woodley is hoping to tackle antibiotic-resistant bugs through prize-winning design – it’s hosting two separate installations masterminded by University of Reading typography and…Read More >
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Alzheimer’s researcher invited to the Captains’ table in San Marino
A University of Reading researcher has been honoured with a reception in his home country of San Marino. On the 13th of August 2018, the Most Excellent Regent Captains of…Read More >
Medicines: is it time to challenge the throw away culture?
We throw away or destroy millions of unused medicines each year, at an estimated cost of £300m to the NHS. But could they be safely re-used? Reading’s Dr Parastou Donyai…Read More >
Discovering dopamine’s role in the brain: Arvid Carlsson’s important legacy
If it had not been for the discoveries of Arvid Carlsson we would have no drugs for Parkinson’s disease. In a recent post for The Conversation, Reading neuroscientist Dr Patrick Lewis explores the…Read More >
Cannabis oil for epilepsy – what you need to know
When Billy Caldwell’s medicinal cannabis oil was recently seized at Heathrow Airport, the drug was put back in the spotlight. Reading’s Professor Gary Stephens investigates the effects of cannabis-derived compounds…Read More >
DNA 65 years on: light switch molecules to diagnose disease
It’s 65 years since Watson and Crick published their world-changing paper on the structure of DNA – a discovery they and Rosalind Franklin made using a technique called X-ray diffraction. To…Read More >
Brain Glue- Sticking it to dementia
50 million people around the world are living with dementia and that figure is set to reach 152 million by 2050. Ahead of tonight’s public lecture, neuroscientist Dr Mark Dallas…Read More >
Pharmacy seminar: Patient and Public Involvement
School of Pharmacy Research & Scholarship Seminar Thursday 16th November, 1pm – 2pm, Hopkins 101 Mildred Foster and Alison Provins, The Oxford Academic Health Science Network (Oxford AHSN) “Patient and…Read More >
James Parkinson, Theresa May and me
By Dr Patrick Lewis, Associate Professor of Pharmacy 200 years ago the disorder that we now know as Parkinson’s disease was first described by James Parkinson, a surgeon and apothecary…Read More >
How the brain’s ‘biological hoovers’ could help us understand Alzheimer’s Disease
By Dr Mark Dallas, Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, University of Reading Our hope as dementia scientists is that these cells could unlock a new avenue of treatments that alters…Read More >