• ‘Grossly negligent’ care home fined £1m after death of woman, 93

    ‘Grossly negligent’ care home fined £1m after death of woman, 93
    Aster Healthcare pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter after Frances Norris died in 2015 suffering from burnsThe owners of a care home where a 93-year-old woman died after being scalded in a bath have been fined £1.04m by a judge who handed suspended prison sentences to its former manager and a member of staff.Aster Healthcare had pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter after the death of Frances Norris, a dementia patient who died in 2015 days after being placed into a bath, at a cost
  • Researcher investigates ways to enhance neurolysin activity in the brain

    A team of researchers has spent years working to develop an effective treatment for stroke that focuses on the use of a peptidase known as neurolysin. The team is now evaluating the potential of neurolysin as a therapeutic target for stroke by seeking to identify small molecules capable of enhancing its activity and catalytic efficiency.

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