News from 2025
Meet the faces behind research
20 Jun 25 - Today (Friday 20th June) is #Red4Research day - an annual event celebrating everyone who makes research happen.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals celebrates three major research appointments
26 Mar 25 - Three distinguished researchers from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
World’s first patients recruited into revolutionary gene study for rare muscle disorder
14 Mar 25 - Sheffield researchers have recruited the world's first patients into a global drug trial investigating a potential treatment for a rare muscle-wasting disorder
Sheffield team unveils new genes linked to rare diseases
4 Mar 25 - A landmark study involving researchers from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and the University of Sheffield has found 69 previously unidentified genetic determinants of rare disease, including uncommon forms of kidney disease and diabetes.
Genetic study testing babies for 200 conditions launches in Sheffield
5 Feb 25 - A world-leading study screening up to 100,000 newborn babies in England for more than 200 rare genetic conditions has now launched at Sheffield’s Jessop Wing.
Groundbreaking EXPERTS-ALS study for MND treatments
29 Jan 25 - The EXPErimental medicine Route To Success in ALS (EXPERTS-ALS) project is a pioneering study which aims to rapidly screen potential drugs for evidence that they can slow down damage to the nervous system occurring in people motor neuron disease
Trust consultant wins influential research investigator award for stroke and dementia work
16 Jan 25 - Dr Kirsty Harkness has won a local clinical research investigator award for her exceptional contribution to stroke research.
‘Increased survival rates’ for bladder cancer patients given immunotherapy drug
13 Jan 25 - Bladder cancer patients given an immunotherapy drug are a third less likely to see disease come back and are more likely to survive, according to a “game-changer” study.
Triceps stroke trial features in the Daily Mail
7 Jan 25 - Stroke research aiming to improve arm and hand function for survivors features in the Daily Mail
