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High fat, high sugar diet during pregnancy 'programs' for health complications in mother and child

7 April 2017

Eating a high fat and high sugar diet when pregnant leads to metabolic impairments in both the mother and her unborn child, which may 'program' them for potential health complications later in life, a study in mice has shown.

Womb lining grown in lab could reveal secrets of menstrual cycle and early pregnancy

6 April 2017

CTR was able to grow miniature functional models of the lining of the uterus, reports study published in Nature Cell Biology

Four PDN members awarded prizes at BSCB/BSDB/Genetics Society Joint Spring meeting

3 April 2017

Bill Harris, Jenny Nichols, Hadi Boukhatmi and Marcia Kishida have all been awarded prizes in four different categories

The soft mechanical signature of glial scars in the central nervous system

30 March 2017

New study by Franze lab on Nature Communications reveals possible reasons why neurons do not regenerate after injury in mammals

PDN research group featured on cover of RSTB

27 March 2017

Guy Blanchard, Stephen Young & Richard Adams image featured on cover Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

Fish electroreceptors development related to inner ear hair cells, study finds

23 March 2017

Clare Baker's group reveals how the electroreceptor cells in fish and the inner ear hair cells in other vertebrates are closely related in new paper published on eLife

Nick Brown awarded HFSP research grant

22 March 2017

The 3-year program was jointly awarded for an international collaboration research project.

Viagra protects the fetal heart

9 March 2017

Sildenafil may be a good candidate for human translational antioxidant therapy to protect fetal the developing cardiovascular system, reveals new study by Dino Giussani featured on the cover of the Journal of Physiology

Detect. Lock on. Intercept. The remarkable hunting ability of the robber fly

9 March 2017

A small fly posseses the remarkable ability to detect and intercept its prey mid-air, changing direction mid-flight if necessary before sweeping round for the kill, new research on Current Biology reveals

New study identifies possible early warning signs of Huntington’s disease

8 March 2017

Early warning signs of Huntington’s disease have been uncovered in a sheep carrying the human disease-causing genetic variant, providing new insights into this devastating illness, a new study in Scientific Reports has found.

High fat, high sugar diet during pregnancy 'programs' for health complications in mother and child

Womb lining grown in lab could reveal secrets of menstrual cycle and early pregnancy

Four PDN members awarded prizes at BSCB/BSDB/Genetics Society Joint Spring meeting

The soft mechanical signature of glial scars in the central nervous system

PDN research group featured on cover of RSTB

Fish electroreceptors development related to inner ear hair cells, study finds

Nick Brown awarded HFSP research grant

Viagra protects the fetal heart

Detect. Lock on. Intercept. The remarkable hunting ability of the robber fly

New study identifies possible early warning signs of Huntington’s disease

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