Driving equity in healthcare
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- #8 Biological Sciences
Pioneering cleft research
A cleft is a lifelong condition for many which can impact how you look, sound and feel. Bristol has a long history of world-leading cleft research and data is shared with researchers across the globe. Together we can investigate the causes of cleft, best treatments of cleft and better understand what it's like to be an adult living with a cleft.
From birth to breakthroughs
From 14,500 pregnant women to a dataset unique in the world, Children of the 90s is one of the longest-running population studies. Today, its rich source of data is helping many more people secure the basic human right to live a healthy life. As she celebrates her 85th birthday, its founder Professor Jean Golding OBE talks about how the study began, her passion for data science, and ambition for the future.
Healthcare research in action
In Conversation
Understanding that the earliest life on Earth may hold insight into modern health, our researchers recently found the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) may have had one of the earliest immune systems. Find out how Bristol researchers reconstructed the ancestor of all life on Earth.
Postgraduate research in action
Growing up Winfred Gatua lost several relatives to diabetes and hypertension and wanted to do something about it. Discover how Bristol's role in the development of Mendelian randomisation inspired Winfred to travel 10,000 miles from Kenya to study molecular genetics.