Institute of Inflammation and Ageing From basic science to clinical trials, we cover every aspect of research into inflammation, the role it plays in ageing and the response to trauma.
26/06/2019 University of Birmingham in €4 million project to train researchers to improve sight-saving treatments
Posted 23 August 2019 Inflammatory arthritis research centre receives continued funding A national centre researching inflammatory arthritis will receive continued funding of nearly £2 million over five years from Versus Arthritis, it has been announced.
Posted 02 August 2019 Cross-Institute Neuroscience and Ophthalmology team celebrates its women in science The Neuroscience and Ophthalmology team, led by Professor Ann Logan, is an exciting representation of women in science bringing together colleagues from the Institutes of Inflammation and Ageing and Clinical Sciences.
Posted 10 July 2019 Light touch to improve rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis A new way of detecting rheumatoid arthritis using infrared light could offer an objective way of diagnosing the disease and monitoring treatment effectiveness, a University of Birmingham study shows.
Posted 26 June 2019 University of Birmingham in €4 million project to train researchers to improve sight-saving treatments Treatment of diseases of the back of the eye such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease is set to be improved with a €4 million EU-funded project in partnership with the University of Birmingham.
Posted 17 June 2019 Repurposing existing drugs or combining therapies could help in the treatment of autoimmune diseases Research led by the University of Birmingham has found that re-purposing already existing drugs or combining therapies could be used to treat patients who have difficult to treat autoimmune diseases.
Posted 03 June 2019 Key link discovered between tissue cell type and different forms of arthritis Pioneering research by scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford brings us a step closer to developing targeted therapies for inflammatory diseases.