Latest news from the 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

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Description:
Dr Sally Fenton is working with the Rheumatology Research Patient Partnership to develop tools to increase physical activity in people with rheumatoid arthritis
Date:
15 August 2023

New partnership to advance research into IBD

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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

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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

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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

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Description:
First study to show ageing is factor in sex differences between immune cell movement around the body
Date:
13 June 2023

New concussion study in women’s rugby

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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

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Description:
STANDING Together partnership launches consultation aimed at improving the data used for building and testing AI health technologies
Date:
26 April 2023

Obesity turning arthritic joint cells into pro-inflammation ‘bad apples’

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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Description:
Beneficial habits including exercise and healthy diet may delay ‘inflammaging’ associated with age-related health problems
Date:
13 February 2023
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