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News £17.9m for Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre network to bolster UK clinical trial infrastructure The network includes the Midlands-Wales Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre, jointly delivered by University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham.
30 October 2023 New inflammatory mechanisms unveiled in the setting of liver disease and liver cancer For the first time, researchers have shown a direct link between a blood vessel protein and cell growth arrest in the liver
28 September 2023 BactiVac funded to develop bacterial vaccines in global fight against antimicrobial resistance The University of Birmingham-hosted BactiVac Network secures major funding to accelerate the development of bacterial vaccines.
02 August 2023 Study screening young people for diabetes expanded across Europe Parth Narendran, Professor of Diabetes Medicine, has been awarded £860K funding towards type 1 diabetes general population screening of young people in Europe.
14 July 2023 Birmingham Professor appointed new Chair of the Medical Research Foundation Professor Paul Moss has been appointed as the new Chair of the Medical Research Foundation’s Board of Trustees, with effect from October 2023.
03 March 2023 New research to understand immune responses against COVID-19 vaccination Study received £2.8m of Department of Health and Social Care funding to find out if testing can identify which immunosuppressed people remain at greatest risk.
03 March 2023 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.
21 February 2023 £1 million award for BactiVac Network to continue supporting development of bacterial vaccines Bacterial infections kill over 7 million people each year and the development of new and better vaccines will reduce this devastating burden of disease.