Posted 07 August 2018 University of Birmingham becomes nation's first Donor Campus The city of Birmingham has also been awarded with Transplant Sport's first ever Donor City Award, in association with the Daily Mirror.
Posted 01 August 2018 Ground-breaking study tests whether rejected livers can be made viable for transplantation A ground-breaking study is underway at the University of Birmingham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham to establish if livers that have been rejected for transplantation can be made viable by using a liver perfusion machine.
Posted 09 July 2018 Next steps for the Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre Professor Philip Newsome, Director of the Midlands and Wales Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre (MW-ATTC), recently spoke about the latest developments for the Centre, as well as the benefits of collaborative working.
Posted 19 April 2018 Fresh hope for liver transplant patients thanks to ground-breaking research Preserving livers at body temperature may improve transplant outcomes and increase the availability of viable donor livers, ground-breaking research carried out in collaboration with the University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has revealed.
Posted 15 February 2018 Digital liver scanning technology could halve the number of liver biopsies needed in the NHS A study jointly led by the University of Birmingham and University of Edinburgh has revealed that a new scanning technology could almost halve the number of liver biopsies carried out on people with fatty liver disease.