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Professor Anthony Hollander interviewed on BBC One Show

7 October 2011

Professor Anthony Hollander, Head of the School, has been interviewed on this week’s [5 October] BBC One Show as part of a feature focusing on the work of the UK’s leading scientists.

Outstanding Contribution to Bristol Life Award

22 June 2011

Bettina Urban, one of our PhD students, has received an award that recognizes non-academic engagement in the Bristol community, it is awarded in association with the Bristol Evening Post.

New appointment in Cellular and Molecular Medicine

10 June 2011

Dr Stefan Roberts appointed to Reader in Cancer Biology in Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Nobel Prize winner gives first annual Sir Anthony Epstein lecture

7 June 2011

In March 2011, the School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine hosted the first Sir Anthony Epstein lecture given by Professor Harald zur Hausen, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008 for his work on vaccines against human cancer viruses.

Pioneering stem cell bandage receives UK approval for clinical trial

6 June 2011

Millions of people with knee injuries could benefit from a new type of stem cell bandage treatment if clinical trials are successful. The world’s first clinical trial for the treatment of patients with torn meniscal cartilage has received approval from the UK regulatory agency, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, to commence.

Liquid biomaterials take stem cell therapy to new level

17 March 2011

Scientists at the forefront of stem cell biology are exploring new approaches to creating surgical implants that could offer prolonged benefits for sufferers of osteoarthritis and potentially even cancer.

CMM staff member runs for charity

15 March 2011

Jim Bird, research technician in the School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, has raised over £1,400 for the MS Society

Bristol scientists make The Times' Top 100

7 October 2010

Professor Anthony Hollander is one of two scientists from the University of Bristol named among the 100 most important people in British science and engineering in a list published today. The list was compiled for the first anniversary edition of The Times’ science magazine, Eureka.

Cancer grant award

7 September 2010

Professor Chris Paraskeva and Dr Ann Williams have been awarded a Cancer Research UK programme grant of £1,000,000.

Stem cell breakthrough enters permanent national exhibition

25 June 2010

Groundbreaking work by researchers at the University of Bristol that signalled a new age in surgical care by helping to save a woman’s life has been celebrated in the Science Museum’s new exhibition, ‘Who am I?’.