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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.
COVID-19 New gene therapy innovation centre to advance scientific discoveries into life-changing treatments
15 June 2020 The Conversation: Autoimmune diseases: we discovered how to turn white blood cells from attacking the body to protecting it Professors David Wraith and Peter Cockerill write for The Conversation on their research that has shown that you can stop the immune system attacking the nerves.
09 June 2020 Birmingham scientists 're-train' immune system to prevent attack of healthy cells in new UK study into autoimmune diseases The body's immune system can be re-wired to prevent it from recognising its own proteins which, when attacked by the body, can cause autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis.
08 June 2020 Birmingham designed test confirms COVID-19 as trigger for rare Kawasaki-like syndrome in children A test developed in Birmingham has offered evidence confirming COVID-19 to be the cause of a newly emerged multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children, who have tested negative for the virus by the PCR test.
29 May 2020 Blog: How to stay productive during lockdown During this period of uncertainty, we spoke to some of our researchers in a series of blog posts to find out what it's like to be a scientist and working from home.
28 May 2020 COVID-19 mortality in cancer patients is not significantly affected by anti-cancer treatments, study finds A new study led by the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford has found the mortality rate in cancer patients who are assessed or treated in hospital with COVID-19 is not significantly affected by anti-cancer treatments.
14 May 2020 Three Birmingham Professors announced as Academy of Medical Sciences Fellows Three professors from the University of Birmingham have been named among the UK's most prominent biomedical and health scientists by the Academy of Medical Sciences in its prestigious list of Fellows.
12 May 2020 Study finds new group of lung cancer patients could benefit from immunotherapy treatment A clinical trial from the University of Birmingham has found that a new group of patients with lung cancer could benefit from immunotherapy treatment.
15 April 2020 Birmingham experts join forces to improve COVID-19 antibody diagnosis Birmingham experts are working together on improving detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies – the best way of fighting the disease as the search for a vaccine continues.
09 April 2020 University of Birmingham supporting local NHS to upscale testing for frontline staff Labs at the University of Birmingham have been re-purposed to support the testing of frontline NHS staff in the city from this week.
02 April 2020 Blog: Working from home as a laboratory research scientist During this period of uncertainty, we spoke to some of our researchers in a series of blog posts to find out what it's like to be a scientist and working from home.
31 March 2020 New study finds how gamma delta T cells recognise target cells New research from the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy has found how an important class of immune cells, gamma delta T cells (γδ T cells), is able to recognise target cells.
27 March 2020 UK oncologists launch joint project to track cancer patients with COVID-19 A team of oncologists have joined forces to launch the first cancer coronavirus registry in the world to track how cancer patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 will be impacted.