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Human tissue is often used by researchers to improve their understanding of how diseases start and progress. Within Cardiff University there are over 300 research projects that use human tissue donated from patients or healthy volunteers, in addition to eight research tissue banks that help facilitate access to patient tissue. The use of human tissue […]



Cardiff University has been selected to become the United Kingdom representative for the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics. The University joins 48 other nations and 72 universities in this important international network. UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, is a specialised agency of the United Nations system. The organisation was created more than […]


The MRI scanner is referred to as a ‘7T’ system, as the magnet inside is 7 Tesla (Tesla = unit of magnetic field strength). It will help researchers at Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) study a range of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including dementia, schizophrenia and depression. The 7T weighs in at 40 […]


Five hundred amateur runners are to be given the chance to run the IAAF / Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships, Cardiff 2016, for free. As part of the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) ‘Athletics for a Better World’ social responsibility programme, 500 entries worth almost £30,000 have been purchased to be distributed free […]