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COVID-19 News New study finds strong immune response following COVID-19 vaccination A new study carried out in collaboration with the University of Birmingham with support from the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium has found that 99% of people generate a robust immune response against COVID-19 after just one dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
25 September 2020 Dried blood spot sampling offers an inexpensive way to widen access to antibody testing for COVID-19 Using dried blood spot samples (DBS) is an accurate alternative to venous blood in detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests, a new study by immunology experts at the University of Birmingham has found.
15 September 2020 Birmingham scientists discover the earliest steps in the development of an immune response The process of white blood cells responding to infections begins earlier than previously thought, according to a new study by scientists at the University of Birmingham.
11 September 2020 Behind the mask: Study shows COVID-19 exposure and viral carriage in health care workers 2.4% of asymptomatic health care workers at work in Birmingham were carriers of the SARS-CoV-2 virus a new study by the University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has found.
28 August 2020 University of Birmingham immunologist to lead major UK study to search for answers on COVID-19 A major new project, led by a University of Birmingham immunologist, is one of three new UK-wide studies that will receive funding from UKRI and NIHR to understand immune responses to the novel coronavirus.
27 August 2020 Breakthrough antibodies test to detect COVID-19 cases launches in Birmingham A new test to detect COVID-19 antibodies in people with mild symptoms has been launched by The Binding Site in collaboration with the University of Birmingham's Clinical Immunology Service.
27 August 2020 New study describes which cancer patients are more vulnerable to COVID-19 A newly published study led by the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham has found that, compared to other cancers, patients with blood cancers are more vulnerable to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
11 August 2020 Coronavirus-related children's diseases linked to blood cell changes A disease occurring in children and linked to COVID-19 has significant changes in white blood cells.
15 July 2020 Flagship Cancer Research UK precision medicine trial highlights the need for a new approach in treating genomically complicated cancers A pioneering lung cancer study has highlighted important factors that will need to be considered in the next wave of precision medicine studies particularly in treating genomically complicated cancers.
09 July 2020 Minister visits University of Birmingham to mark Government's launch of R&D roadmap Amanda Solloway MP, the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation recently visited the University of Birmingham to mark the launch of the Government's R&D roadmap.
09 July 2020 Clinician Engineer Hub launches free educational content Now in its 2nd year, the Clinician Engineer Hub, an international network aimed at bridging the gap between medicine and engineering has launched a series of educational material in webinar form.
30 June 2020 Where we stand with antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2 Professor of Immunology and Director of the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy comments on a recent Cochrane review discussing antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS-CoV-2.
16 June 2020 Liver perfusion could save 7 in 10 rejected donor livers A major study investigating the effectiveness of liver perfusion as a technique to improve the function of donor livers that would have otherwise been rejected has shown that up to 7 in every 10 could be used.