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News from March 2025

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals celebrates three major research appointments

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

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

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.