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Posted 19 November 2019 MedTech worth £1.6 billion to Midlands' economy according to new report A recent report has highlighted the vital importance of the Medical Technologies (MedTech) sector to the Midlands' economy.
Posted 18 November 2019 Birmingham professor receives the J Moulton Award from the British Medical Association The J Moulton Award was awarded in recognition of Professor Nicholas Barnes' work on neuroinflammation relevant to psychiatric disorders and was joint with Dr Golam Khandaker.
Posted 15 November 2019 Old Joe to turn blue to mark World Antibiotic Awareness Week The face of the University of Birmingham's 'Old Joe' Clock tower will be lit blue to shine a light on the work scientists are doing to discover new ways to prevent and treat drug-resistant bacterial infections.
Posted 13 November 2019 Birmingham experts join Indian medics to counter surgical infection threat University of Birmingham experts joined medical professionals in India to lead work in improving care for surgical patients.
Posted 11 November 2019 Experts to gather in Africa to speed up development of vaccines to prevent bacterial infections A global network of scientists who are working together to accelerate the development of vaccines against bacterial infections in low and middle income countries are to stage an annual network meeting in Africa.
Posted 07 November 2019 Researchers find potential new target for treatment of inflammatory disease Researchers led by the University of Birmingham have found a potential new target to treat inflammatory disease. The research has been published in Cell Metabolism.
Posted 30 October 2019 New BHF investment to boost heart and circulatory disease research at University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham has received £1 million funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to strengthen its ground-breaking research into heart and circulatory diseases.
Posted 29 October 2019 Professor of Life Science Innovation joins the College of Medical and Dental Sciences Professor of Life Science Innovation, Michael Lewis joins the College of Medical and Dental Sciences with an extensive background in life sciences and digital innovation in healthcare.