Posted 12 May 2020 Major COVID-19 drugs trial begins in Birmingham A trial which will rapidly test new therapies for patients hospitalised due to COVID-19 is opening in Birmingham this week.
Posted 25 October 2019 Leading neurosurgeon highlights importance of brain tumour research Professor Colin Watts, Chair of the Birmingham Brain Cancer Program, highlights the importance of brain tumour research.
Posted 13 May 2019 £1.3 million awarded by the MRC to find new treatments for leukaemia Scientists at the University of Birmingham and Newcastle University have teamed up to develop new ways of treating different classes of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) carrying specific gene mutations.
Posted 15 November 2018 Standard chemotherapy treatment for HPV-positive throat cancer remains the most effective, study finds A new study funded by Cancer Research UK and led by the University of Birmingham has found that the standard chemotherapy used to treat a specific type of throat cancer remains the most effective.
