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News AI used to predict future flares of ulcerative colitis activity Ulcerative colitis assessment could be improved after new research shows that an AI model could predict flare-ups and complications after reading biopsies.
QS World University Subject Rankings released for 2023 University of Birmingham rises 30 places to be joint 62nd in the world for Life Sciences and Medicine.
08 December 2022 MDS colleagues celebrate receiving MRC clinical fellowships Two University of Birmingham researchers have been awarded prestigious Medical Research Council (MRC) clinical fellowships this year.
01 December 2022 Immune T cell defence is coping with COVID-19 variants of concern – for now Broad T-cell response is currently protective but recognition of seven out of ten T-cell targets mutated in SARS-CoV-2 variants is impaired
14 November 2022 New UK-first trial to screen 20,000 children for type 1 diabetes Blood tests will identify children likely to develop type 1 diabetes, allowing earlier, safer diagnosis
10 November 2022 Early career researcher acknowledged for work to better understand thymus function The International Eosinophil Society announces University of Birmingham researcher as a winner of the Gerald J. Gleich Award 2022.
08 November 2022 Antibody therapies against Covid-19 for most vulnerable patients work, new analysis finds The largest analysis of data on antibody therapies for protecting clinically extremely vulnerable people from Covid-19 shows that they are effective.
14 October 2022 New £30M research injection to improve treatment of inflammatory diseases Renewed National Institute for Health and Care Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre continue funds for developments around inflammatory diseases
04 August 2022 New Insights into Increases in Unexplained Paediatric Hepatitis Cases Professor Deirdre Kelly and Dr Zania Stamataki, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, provide insights into increases of unexplained paediatric hepatitis.