From University Research to Real-World Impact at NETPark
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The Russell Group of universities, of which Durham is a member, has announced an ambitious new commitment to help build healthier communities.
The 24-strong group of universities has pledged to train, by 2030, 181,000 students with the skills needed to support a modern health and care system – including doctors, nurses, midwives, engineers, social scientists, and technology specialists.
Case study: Magnitude Biosciences:
Magnitude Biosciences is a specialist contract research organisation based at NETPark, near Durham. It was founded in 2018 by Durham University researchers Dr David Weinkove and Dr Christopher Saunter.
Its team uses tiny Caenorhabditis elegans worms – organisms with neurons, skin, gut, muscles and other tissues similar in genetics to those in humans – to rapidly test the effects of different compounds on ageing, neurodegeneration and overall health.
The advantages of its approach for research into drug discovery are remarkable. Answers that would take months using other types of research model can be produced in as little as seven days, and at a fraction of the cost.
