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Cancer and Genomics Combining anti-tumour drugs with chemo may improve rare children’s cancer outcomes Phase 2 trial found adding Bevacizumab to different chemotherapy drugs led to more patients’ tumours shrinking, which has helped to change routine UK treatment.
Microbiology and Infection New and highly infectious E. coli strain resistant to powerful antibiotics
Applied Health Research Lockdown air quality boost in Oxford helped 41% reduction in adult asthma hospital stays
Immunology and Immunotherapy Immune cells lose ‘killer instinct’ in cancerous tumours – but functionality can be re-awakened
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09 May 2023 Antibiotic-resistant bacteria contaminates whole ICU - study Almost one third of patients in a Chinese ICU infected by antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing severe disease, new study reveals.
09 May 2023 Lifesaving solution dramatically reduces severe bleeding after childbirth A trial of a set of interventions to manage postpartum haemorrhage, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found a 60% reduction in heavy bleeding.
06 May 2023 Domestic abuse exposure linked to increased levels of asthma and other atopic diseases New research of nearly 14,000 women with history of abuse including violence found 52% increase risk of atopic disease
04 May 2023 Cellular traffic controllers caught managing flow of signals from receptors First time that individual beta-arrestin molecules are directly observed as they control receptor-mediated signals in living cells using advanced microscopy.
04 May 2023 Incurable blood cancer trial finds new drug better than current second line treatments Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit-sponsored trial found new drug better for treating rare cancer for patients not responding to first line treatment
02 May 2023 Endovascular treatment more likely to avoid amputation or death for limb-threatening artery disease In the only randomised controlled trial of its kind, BASIL-2 enrolled 345 patients in 41 vascular surgery centres in UK, Sweden and Denmark
28 April 2023 Brain cells are starved of energy when autophagy malfunctions, new study finds Research has major implications for neurodegenerative disease treatments
28 April 2023 New £1.4 million partnership to advance maternal and infant health research using health data Leading researchers from the University of Birmingham have joined the new Mother & Infant Research Electronic Data Analysis (MIREDA) partnership
27 April 2023 ‘Vein-on-a-chip’ could help scientists study thrombosis without animal models Blood clot researchers could benefit from a new device that mimics a human vein, replacing the need for animals for some studies.