Heartfelt joy at Monica's big day
Professor Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, Dundee University professor, is today launching the culmination of the world's largest and longest study of trends and risk factors affecting heart disease and strokes
The Courier 26.09.03
Cancer centre designed to inspire
Frank Gehry, the celebrated architect who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, yesterday unveiled his first building in Britain - a "friendly little clubhouse" for cancer sufferers in Dundee
The Scotsman 26.09.03
Maggie's centre is a lighthouse in the darkness
As above
The Herald 26.09.03
Exhibition on rise of Maggie's Centre
An exhibition detailing the construction of Dundee's newly opened Maggie's Centre from sketchpad to completion was previewed at Dundee Contemporary Arts last night
The Courier 26.09.03
Online auction deadline looms
An online auction which has been raising money for a Dundee charity ends at midday today. The Institute of Cardiovascular Research (TICR), based at Dundee University, has been running the auction since mid-August to raise money for a research centre at Ninewells Hospital
The Courier 26.09.03
Clearing places still available
Despite the fact that the teaching term for most students began on Monday, Dundee University is still accepting students through the clearing process until 5pm tonight
The Courier 26.09.03
Development of oral anti-cancer drug 'Significant' new deal for Cyclacel
Dundee-based biopharmaceutical company Cyclacel has announced an important new licensing deal with a biotechnology company in Canada
Evening Telegraph 25.09.03
Breakthrough will help fight against cancer and diabetes
Experts at Dundee University have discovered a link between diabetes and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, a hereditary disease that carries with it an increased risk of developing cancer.
The Scotsman 25.09.03
The giants of science
These are the 'citation superstars', the scientists whose work has been most influential over the past 20 years. The list is flawed, reports Ian Sample, but it can still make or break careers. Philip Cohen at the University of Dundee is one of Britain's most prominent scientists, and comes in at number 24 on the list, the second most highly-placed Briton.
The Guardian 25.09.03
Watchdog warns schools they must make the curriculum fit pupils
Schools have been warned by inspectors that they must scrap many of the old rules dictating what children learn and when, which are being blamed for provoking boredom and indiscipline in the classroom. Able sixth-year pupils at the High School of Dundee have the chance to go straight into second year of a degree course in a pilot scheme at Dundee University.
The Scotsman 25.09.03
Tayside cancer experts tell how cash is spent
Some of the world's leading cancer researchers were chatting to the public in Dundee yesterday about how they spend their donations
Press & Journal 25.09.03
Cancer research insight
As above
Evening Telegraph 24.09.03
Students receive computing prizes
The best students from last year's graduation class in the division of applied computing at the University of Dundee returned for their prize-giving ceremony yesterday
The Courier 25.09.03
Prizes handed over to computing graduates
As above
Evening Telegraph 24.09.03
Princely visitor to Tayside and Fife
Prince Charles spent an hour visiting one of Scotland's most important urban conservation projects. He first met the trust's chief executive Neil Grieve, its co-ordinator Jane Milroy and board chairman James Parr at the gate to the extraordinary Grade A listed complex. Neil Grieve is a lecturer at Dundee University's School of Town & Regional Planning
The Courier 24.09.03
Gardyne's Land tour for Prince
As above
Evening Telegraph 23.09.03
Cancer experts to discuss Dundee research
Some of the world's leading cancer scientists have invited Dundee residents to learn more about research taking place in the city
Press & Journal 24.09.03
The Search for answers - part three: the battle to beat cancer
Today is Public Research Open Day for Dundee's cancer research scientists and doctors, many of whom will be at the West Park Conference Centre. Among them will be Professor Sir David Lane, the man who discovered the p53 gene which could provide the clues to unlocking the secrets of many cancers. Here, he talks about the latest research being done and what we can expect to see in the future as the battle to beat cancer goes on
The Courier 24.09.03
Making a difference - part two: the battle to beat cancer
Professor James Ferguson, Photodynamic Therapy Centre and Professor Bob Steele, cancer specialist talk about their research in the battle to beat cancer
The Courier 23.09.03
A legal mandate
Ending the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for murder is one proposal in a draft criminal code for Scotland, published by the Scottish Law Commission sure to provoke public debate. The code's authors, four university law professors including Pamela Ferguson, University of Dundee, believe the circumstances of murders can vary enormously
The Scotsman 23.09.03
Maggie's Centre has 'wow factor'
One of Dundee's most ancient assets offered a dramatic backdrop to one of its newest when the Maggie's Centre opened its doors yesterday in advance of the formal opening by Sir Bob Geldof on Thursday. "Its' an inspirational building and it shows the beauty of the River Tay to great advantage," said Professor Sir David Lane, the Dundee University scientist and globally respected cancer researcher
The Courier 23.09.03
It looks good, but can it make you feel good?
Jonathan Glancey visits a pioneering new cancer care centre to see how far environment can improve patients' health
The Guardian 23.09.03
Scots universities face cash crisis
Prestigious universities like St Andrews and Dundee, whose incomes are heavily dependent on research funding, could be seriously weakened by the significant change being proposed for the funding of higher education in England
The Courier 23.09.03
Tobacco link to cleft palate births
Expectant mothers who smoke are three times more likely to give birth to babies with serious facial deformities, according to research. Scientists at Dundee University have for the first time identified smoking while pregnant as a big...
The Times 23.09.03
Smoking may cause cleft palate
A Dundee professor, Peter Mossey, is warning pregnant women who smoke that they are putting their babies at risk of a serious facial deformity
The Courier 22.09.03
Smoking could be cause of deformities
As above
Press & Journal 22.09.03
Smoking risk
As above
Daily Record 22.09.03
Smoking link to facial deformity
As above
Sunday Times 21.09.03
Thirteenth annual Doors Open Day swings into action
It may have been a drab Saturday in Dundee, but there were plenty of places for people in the city to go to escape the wet weather as the 13th annual Doors Open Day swung into action
The Courier 22.09.03
Doors open to delve in Dundee's past
As above
Press & Journal 22.09.03
A change for the better
Popcorn banned in cinemas and sugary drinks made socially unacceptable. The ideas presented by Professor Annie Anderson may sound like the fun police are out again, but she warns such a stark vision may be the only way to change some of our less healthy dietary behaviour
The Courier 22.09.03
The Journey - a three part series focusing on the battle to beat cancer
The Public of Tayside and Fife this week will be given almost unprecedented access to some of the world's leading cancer scientists based at Ninewells Hospital, on Public Research Day. Today we speak to Professor Alistair Thompson about how the combination of scientists, doctors and the public has placed Dundee at the Vanguard of the fight against cancer
The Courier 22.09.03
Freshers' fair proves popular
The biggest ever freshers' fair was held for new Dundee University students on Saturday
The Courier 22.09.03
Return to familiar ground
It will be back to familiar territory for two consultants at Ninewells Hospital when they join forces to give a programme of music for voice and piano on November 21 as part of a new series of 12 lunchtime concerts which begins on Friday in Dundee University Chaplaincy Centre
The Courier 22.09.03
Dundee Muslims reject allegations
The Muslim community in Dundee yesterday rejected allegations by a Sunday newspaper that the city has become a fertile recruiting ground for radical Islamic groups
The Courier 22.09.03
Extremists unwelcome in city
Continued from above
The Courier 22.09.03
Sir Bob Geldof will open Maggie's Centre
Music Legend and Third World campaigner Sir Bob Geldof is to open Dundee's new cancer care centre this week
Press & Journal 22.09.03
Sir Bob will open Maggie's Centre
As above
The Courier 20.09.03
Sir Bob Dundee date to open Maggie's Centre on Thursday
As above
Evening Telegraph 19.09.03
Dundee: City In Recovery
Edd McCracken finds out how the once mighty industrial city is taking an artful approach to reinventing itself, with a little help from the genetic engineers. "Everything is work in progress," says Sir Philip Cohen. "It is the worst thing in the world to get taken in by your own propaganda. But the point is that we have got some good things going for us here."
Sunday Herald 21.09.03
For Maggie
In honour of a friend who died of cancer, Frank Gehry - the architect who designed Bilbao's breathtaking Guggenheim Museum - has created his first building on British soil
Sunday Herald magazine 21.09.03
Soft options 'failing' academic spin-outs
Scots academics are "too comfortable" to start spin-out companies because agencies like Scottish Enterprise fail to attach stretching targets to their grants. Robin McLeod, a Dundee University maths graduate and the president of Saltire Software in Oregon, said he was worried that his native Scotland appeared to be "a complete disaster" when it came to turning a raft of amazing research at Scottish universities into successful companies
Sunday Times 21.09.03
Scot leads Bin Laden supporters in Pakistan
A Scottish teacher has been appointed leader in Pakistan of a Muslim fundamentalist group that has supported Osama Bin Laden. Norien Sajeel, 25, left her home in Dundee last year to live in Lahore, where she is head of the Sister Division of Al-Muhajiroun
Sunday Times 21.09.03
Jute, Jam and Jihad
As above
Sunday Times 21.09.03
University to honour Gehry
When Maggie's Centre opens the fund-raising will not end. The day after the opening sees Frank Gehry receive and honorary degree from Dundee University
The Courier 20.09.03
Big City Challenge cancelled
The Big City Challenge, organised to raise funds for the Institute for Cardiovascular Research (TICR) and which was scheduled to take place today, has been cancelled due to lack of entries
The Courier 20.09.03
MONICA Study
Professor Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, Dundee University professor, is today launching the culmination of the world's largest and longest study of trends and risk factors affecting heart disease and strokes
Good Morning Scotland 26.09.03
MONICA Study
As above
BBC World Service 26.09.03
MONICA Study
As above
BBC Asian Network 26.09.03
MONICA Study
As above
Agent France 26.09.03
Frank Gehry Honorary Degree
Architect Frank Gehry will receive and Honorary Degree from Dundee University today
Radio Tay 26.09.03
Could diabetes treatments fight cancer?
Drugs that treat diabetes may also be effective against some cancers. In today's Journal of Biology, researchers at the University of Dundee report the discovery of an unexpected link between diabetes and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, a hereditary disease that increases the risk of suffering from cancer.
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-09/bc-cdt092403.php 25.09.03
Could Diabetes Treatments Fight Cancer?
As above
http://diabetes.about.com/cs/newswire/a/blncancermet903.htm 25.09.03
Diabetes and cancer: an unexpected link
As above
www.biomedcentral.com/news/20030925/03/ 25.09.03
Cyclacel In-Licenses Novel Anticancer Drug From Lorus Therapeutics
DUNDEE, Scotland and TORONTO - Cyclacel Limited, the UK-based biopharmaceutical company, and Lorus Therapeutics, Inc., a Canadian biotechnology company, announced today an agreement licensing to Cyclacel exclusive worldwide rights to a Lorus small molecule anticancer drug code-named CYC381 (also known as NC381) and related analogues.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030924/lnw007_1.html 24.09.03
Smoking link to facial disorders
A "significant" link has been found between smoking and facial deformities in children, according to research. The work was carried out by Professor Peter Mossey, from Dundee University's Dental School, who is leading a World Health Organisation project looking at the causes of cleft palates and lips across the globe.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3128048.stm 22.09.03
Risks of facial deformity from smoking
Professor Peter Mossey, from the University of Dundee's Dental School is leading a World Health Organisation
project looking at the causes of cleft and lip palates across the globe.
Good Morning Scotland 22.09.03
Risks of facial deformity from smoking
As above
Wave 102 22.09.03
Risks of facial deformity from smoking
As above
Radio Tay 22.09.03
Risks of facial deformity from smoking
As above
Radio 5 live 21.09.03
Universities support student entrepreneurs
Enterprising students at the universities of Abertay Dundee and St Andrews are to get a head-start in developing their entrepreneurial skills thanks to a new initiative funded by the Scottish Institute for Enterprise
Press & Journal 25.09.03
Growing concerns over top-up fees
Higher Education (HE) funding chiefs yesterday added their voice to growing concerns over the impact of proposed top-up fees in English universities
The Courier 24.09.03
Varsity funding chiefs voice fears over fees
As above
Press & Journal 24.09.03
Parents not saving for children's future education - report
Parents are putting their children's education at risk by not saving up for them to go to university, a new report warned yesterday
Press & Journal 24.09.03
English in top-up fees warning to Scots
Principals of leading England universities warn that top-up fees in England will drain staff and resources from Scottish institutions, leaving them unable to compete with those south of the border
The Herald 22.09.03
English warning to Scots on top-up fees
Continued from above
The Herald 22.09.03
Parents not ready for cost of university
Many parents are drastically underestimating the cost of university education and are totally unprepared to fund their children through degree courses, new research reveals
Press & Journal 22.09.03
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