Latest news from the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing Back to 'Institute of Inflammation and Ageing' Latest news from the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing Rheumatology patients aid tool development to increase movement in people with rheumatoid arthritis Description:Dr Sally Fenton is working with the Rheumatology Research Patient Partnership to develop tools to increase physical activity in people with rheumatoid arthritisDate:15 August 2023 New partnership to advance research into IBD Description:Researchers from the University of Birmingham will work with Roche to identify new avenues for treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Date:31 July 2023 Researchers aim for rapid biomarker diagnostic test for stroke, using saliva Description:The study aims to identify biomarkers in blood, urine, or saliva, for rapid diagnosis so patients are routed directly to the most appropriate treatment centre. Date:20 July 2023 Existing drug being tested for new use in patients with a rare blinding autoimmune disease Description:A new trial receives funding to test whether a drug, utilised for treatment of alcohol dependency, could benefit patients with eye scarring conditions.Date:13 June 2023 Immune cell movement worse in older females, mice study finds Description:First study to show ageing is factor in sex differences between immune cell movement around the bodyDate:13 June 2023 New concussion study in women’s rugby Description:Marker Diagnostics, which developed a saliva-based concussion diagnostic based on Birmingham research, is to start a study on concussion in sportswomen. Date:18 May 2023 Consultation launched on data standards for reducing bias in AI health tech Description:STANDING Together partnership launches consultation aimed at improving the data used for building and testing AI health technologiesDate:26 April 2023 Obesity turning arthritic joint cells into pro-inflammation ‘bad apples’ Description:Being overweight may be physically changing the environment within people’s joints, with obesity promoting pro-inflammatory conditions which worsen arthritis.Date:04 April 2023 Ageing: is it driven by our genetic coding? Description:New research asks the question of why ageing happens in a uniform way when current models work on the basis of randomly accumulated damage.Date:28 March 2023 Birmingham researchers receive funding to study veteran brain injury Description:Scientists at the University of Birmingham awarded almost £200,000 by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs to better understand traumatic brain injury in veterans.Date:14 March 2023 Naturally occurring peptide may tackle the ‘root cause’ of obesity-related conditions Description:Research shows the peptide called PEPITEM could provide a revolutionary approach to reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes and other obesity-related diseases Date:09 March 2023 Adding years to your inflammation clock – what factors affect healthy ageing-related system decline Description:Beneficial habits including exercise and healthy diet may delay ‘inflammaging’ associated with age-related health problemsDate:13 February 2023 Previous12345Next