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Below is a list of recent West of Scotland life science related news stories. Click the title to read the full story.  Alternatively you can browse through the news archive using the links at the bottom of the page.

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• 12 May 2008: A voyage to new health treatment
  A leading University of Strathclyde scientist will be taking his audience on a journey around the body, passing through the immune system and guided by research, at the University's annual Faculty of Science lecture tomorrow (13 May).
• 12 May 2008: Honorary Degrees for outstanding work in life sciences
  The University of Glasgow is to award honorary degrees to five distinguished academics this summer for their outstanding contributions to medicine and the life sciences.
• 09 May 2008: Healthy patients needed for breakthrough heart disease study
  Researchers at the University of Glasgow are calling for healthy patients to help them identify quicker and easier ways to pinpoint those at risk of developing heart disease.
• 08 May 2008: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde launches 60th Anniversary website treasure trove
  A special Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Diamond Anniversary website featuring a treasure trove of archive footage and photography, heart-warming patient stories and key landmark NHS moments has been launched on 6th May 2008.
• 06 May 2008: Senior appointment for University of Glasgow professor
  Professor John Coggins has been appointed to the council of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
• 06 May 2008: Advances in breast imaging for women being delivered in Glasgow
  Glasgow women will benefit greatly following the installation of four new mammography units across Glasgow.
• 30 April 2008: Fluctuating diet increases risk of sudden death
  New research has revealed that binge eating then dieting may significantly reduce lifespan.
• 28 April 2008: ITI Life Sciences Seeks to Fund Innovative R&D Programme to Develop New Methods of Delivering Drugs and Diagnostics into the Eye
  With the increasing prevalence of eye diseases expected in future years, due to an increasing ageing population, this new programme will be focused on developing innovative methods of delivering modern biological drugs and diagnostics into the eye.
• 28 April 2008: Visionary Eye Technology Developed in Glasgow
  Two medical scientists at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's Gartnavel General Hospital have developed the UK's most advanced eye screening system.
• 28 April 2008: Maths connects to neuroscience
  The effects of illnesses such as schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, stroke, epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease are being explored through techniques which are used in maths to arrange data in an ordered way.