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July 2005 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
27 July 2005	Award to Investigate Muscle Growth without Exercise	A new study has been launched at the University of Dundee to investigate the possibility of building muscle without the need for high resistance exercise - a process which could have a profound impact on the elderly and sufferers of chronic diseases.
25 July 2005	New system to treat middle ear problems	Researchers at the University of Dundee have developed new technology which could revolutionise the treatment of middle ear problems.
18 July 2005	Diabetes UK donation	The Dundee branch of Diabetes UK will present a cheque worth £5000 to the University of Dundee's Dr Calum Sutherland to further research into diabetes.
14 July 2005	Triple Disease Sequencing	The genomes of parasites that cause three major diseases in the developing world - sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease and leishmaniasis - have been decoded by international teams of scientists.
14 July 2005	Cell suicide image captures award	An image taken by a postdoctoral scientist at the University of Dundee showing the death of a human cancer cell has won an award and will be exhibited at the Wellcome Trust, in London.
13 July 2005	Double success for Careers Service	The University of Dundee's Careers Service has been accredited with a national quality award, the Matrix standard, while Graham Nicholson, the University's Careers Service Director, has been appointed President elect of the UK's national body for careers professionals in higher education.
12 July 2005	Distance learning graduates	Over forty registered nurses studying for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees will graduate this afternoon from the University of Dundee, having completed their nursing and palliative care studies with the Distance Learning Centre (DLC).
12 July 2005	Medical students scoop prizes	Two medical students who have been awarded a clutch of nine prizes in total will graduate tomorrow from the University of Dundee.
11 July 2005	Nobel line up at University of Dundee graduation	Honorary degrees will be conferred upon three distinguished figures, including two Nobel Prize winners, at the University of Dundee's final graduation ceremony of 2005 for the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry.
11 July 2005	Dundee student aids effort to identify Bosnian dead	On the 10th anniversary of the massacre at srebrenica - one of the most devastating incidents of the Bosnian conflict - a Dundee University postgraduate student, Maureen Schaefer, has been helping to identify the bodies of some of the 8000 Muslim men and boys who were killed between July 11 and 15, 1995.
8 July 2005	Final graduation ceremony	The University of Dundee will host its final graduation ceremony in the Caird Hall next week for the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry.
4 July 2005	550 Delegates arrive for Concrete Congress	The University of Dundee is welcoming delegates from around the world for the sixth triennial International Congress in Concrete Technology, Design and Construction.