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News Artificial intelligence may be as effective as health professionals at diagnosing disease What is the true power of AI – could it detect diseases from medical imaging with similar levels of accuracy?
News New art exhibition explores strange history of dentistry and its links to Birmingham Jewellery Quarter
Posted 16 October 2019 Scientists link hormone production in baby wallabies to how some human girls are born with genitalia that appear more male than female Research led by the Universities of Birmingham and Manchester has made a connection between the way baby wallabies produce male hormones and how some human girls are born with genitalia that resemble those of a boy.
Posted 25 September 2019 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow appointed to undertake research into antibiotic resistance Dr Enea Sancho-Vaello has been appointed as a Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Dr Jessica Blair, Institute of Microbiology and Infection.
Posted 25 September 2019 Anti-malarial drug can make cancer chemotherapy more effective Scientists at the University of Birmingham have found an anti-malarial drug was effective in treating head and neck cancer in mice.
Posted 25 September 2019 Artificial intelligence may be as effective as health professionals at diagnosing disease, finds study AI appears to detect diseases from medical imaging with similar levels of accuracy as health-care professionals, according to research led by the University and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
Posted 19 September 2019 Babies' gut bacteria affected by delivery method, study shows Babies born vaginally have different gut bacteria – their microbiome – than those delivered by Caesarean, research has shown.
Posted 14 September 2019 Pioneering data research centres to enable cutting-edge research and innovation to benefit UK patients The University of Birmingham will play a key role in new data hubs that will enable cutting-edge research for health discoveries and aim to give patients across the UK faster access to pioneering new treatments.
Posted 14 September 2019 Statins could protect older patients from severe pneumonia, study finds Statins could be used to treat older patients admitted to hospital with a severe type of pneumonia, researchers at the University of Birmingham have found.
Posted 14 September 2019 Study validates guidelines on treating patients with an underactive thyroid A study led by the University of Birmingham provides strong support for current recommendations on treating patients with an underactive thyroid and validates latest UK and US guidelines, say researchers.