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Spotlight on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Description
World-class research by University of Birmingham scientists and clinicians into a deadly and increasingly common form of liver disease goes under the spotlight in a BBC Radio 4 documentary.
Date:
Tuesday 31st July 2012
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Birmingham scientists win £1m cancer research boost

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Birmingham scientists are leading the way in leukaemia research with a project using state-of-the-art technology to study the function of the entire human genome. The researchers hope to reveal how mutations in genes that are critical to the development of white blood cells trigger these cells into becoming cancer cells.
Date:
Monday 30th July 2012
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Drug prescribing system could boost patient safety

Description
Research led by the University of Birmingham has shown that a specialised drug prescribing system could help to prevent a repetition of the notorious 2002 killings of elderly patients by nurse Colin Norris.
Date:
Monday 30th July 2012
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Titanium implants may corrode, find University of Birmingham researchers

Description
Titanium medical implants used in bone-anchored hearing aids and dental prostheses, may not be as robust as is commonly believed, according to new evidence from scientists at the University of Birmingham.
Date:
Wednesday 25th July 2012
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Research sheds new light on cells implicated in recurrent miscarriage

Description
University of Birmingham scientists have discovered that one of the body's key immune cells remains active against the fetus during pregnancy, a finding that offers fresh understanding of the complex relationship between the mother and baby during pregnancy and offers insights to the potential causes of miscarriage and stillbirth among women.
Date:
Monday 16th July 2012
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

More elderly could benefit from drugs to prevent heart disease, study shows

Description
According to new research from the Universites of Birmingham and Oxford, funded by the National Institute for Health Research drugs prescribed to more patients aged 75 and over will help to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease for that group.
Date:
Friday 13th July 2012
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

New research study explores attitudes to polio immunisation in India

Description
The University of Birmingham is working with Ravenshaw University in Orissa on a new research project looking at ethics, policy and practice concerning polio vaccination in the state.
Date:
Friday 13th July 2012
Categories:
International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Birmingham scientists aim to create 'assassin' cells to target blood cancer

Description
Researchers at the University of Birmingham are to harness cells from the immune system and genetically engineer them to create 'assassin' cells that target and kill myeloma cancer cells.
Date:
Thursday 12th July 2012
Categories:
Medical and Dental Sciences, Research
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