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COVID-19 News The development of more accurate antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2 is crucial and urgent Work to develop tests to detect COVID-19 antibodies is urgent and critically important. Research at universities will be crucial in finding a solution to the current crisis, a University of Birmingham expert has said.
Posted 30 November 2020 Centre of Excellence award for Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Centre The Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology centre in Birmingham is officially world class after achieving prestigious international recognition.
Posted 23 November 2020 Obesity, age and BAME ethnicity associated with higher COVID-19 antibody levels Researchers studying a group of UK healthcare workers discovered that non-white individuals recovering from COVID-19 displayed higher antibody levels than white individuals.
Posted 05 November 2020 New study could help scientists more effectively utilise T-Cell technologies to better understand immune responses A comparison of key research tools used to study different types of T-cell receptor signals has identified important features of existing technologies that could allow scientists to better understand immune responses.
Posted 05 November 2020 £800,000 Medical Research Council grant awarded to Birmingham Fellow and Birmingham Professor Dr Sarah Dimeloe and Professor Gareth Lavery have been awarded a New Investigator Research Grant from the Medical Research Council for their research interrogating T cell metabolism.
Posted 02 November 2020 Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 found at six months in non-hospitalised individuals Cellular (T cell) immunity against SARS-CoV-2 is likely to be present within most adults six months after primary infection, a new pre-print from the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium (UK-CIC) suggests.
Posted 15 October 2020 University receives two awards to mark gender equality The College of Medical and Dental Sciences has achieved the Athena SWAN Silver award from the Athena SWAN Foundation, recognising the College's commitment to gender equality.