Press releases

An international study has found that genetic variations in human carbohydrate-active enzymes may affect how people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) respond to a carbohydrate-reduced diet.

Experts from the University of Nottingham have played a major role in a pioneering national study investigating the postnatal mental health of British South Asian mothers.

Experts from the University of Nottingham have worked with people living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), to share personal stories for other people with MND who want to understand what it is like to live with tracheostomy ventilation (TV).

Finding out how pain affects people living with dementia is one of the results expected from new research in Nottingham.

A team of scientists at the University of Nottingham, have uncovered how the parasite that causes malaria orchestrates their cell division – which is key in enabling the parasite to transmit this deadly disease.

Scientists have found that different populations of a plant species, which is closely related to many crops of worldwide importance, use very different strategies to adapt to environmental changes, which gives experts new options to engineer crops to better survive climate change and tackle future food security.

Experts have used a cutting-edge computational approach to discover the genetic factors that make the bacteria behind cholera so dangerous - which could be key to preventing this deadly disease.

Experts at the University of Nottingham will be part of a new Doctoral Training Centre (DTC), which has been funded by a multi-million-pound investment from Alzheimer's Society.

An ice hockey Paralympian and international leader in disability access has been named as the very first ambassador for the new National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC).

Experts at the University of Nottingham have received funding to carry out research to better understand what is happening in the heart, brain and muscles of people with myotonic dystrophy.