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Applied Health Babies born to Black mothers in rich countries twice as likely to die in first weeks of life Largest analysis of perinatal outcomes finds disparities in outcomes based on race and ethnicity in high and upper-middle income countries.
27 August 2020 New research finds better drug treatment for miscarriage as patients struggle to access surgery in COVID-19 pandemic A new drug combination is more effective for women having miscarriages without symptoms than current standard NHS treatment, according to an NIHR funded study from Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research.
21 August 2020 Customers buying home testing kits for COVID were often misled by third-party websites, new study finds Home-testing kits sold online in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic were provided with incomplete and in some cases, misleading information on how accurate they were, a new UK study has found.
17 August 2020 Preventing virus spread within households could be key to controlling new outbreaks of COVID-19 More effective measures to prevent infection spreading within households are a vital part of preventing a second wave of COVID-19, say researchers at the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick.
11 August 2020 Coronavirus-related children's diseases linked to blood cell changes A disease occurring in children and linked to COVID-19 has significant changes in white blood cells.
10 July 2020 AACR-CRUK Transatlantic Fellowship Success for Dr Justin Loke Dr Justin Loke has become one of the first-ever recipients of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) – Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Transatlantic Fellowships.
09 June 2020 Birmingham scientists 're-train' immune system to prevent attack of healthy cells in new UK study into autoimmune diseases The body's immune system can be re-wired to prevent it from recognising its own proteins which, when attacked by the body, can cause autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis.
05 June 2020 Experts release new guidelines for studies into most effective treatments for HPV-positive throat cancer Heightened caution is needed when considering de-escalation trials for patients with Human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer (OPC), to ensure minimal harm to patients.
29 May 2020 COVID-19 patients who undergo surgery are at increased risk of postoperative death – global study Patients undergoing surgery after contracting coronavirus are at greatly increased risk of postoperative death, a new global study published in The Lancet reveals.
31 March 2020 New study finds how gamma delta T cells recognise target cells New research from the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy has found how an important class of immune cells, gamma delta T cells (γδ T cells), is able to recognise target cells.
27 March 2020 UK oncologists launch joint project to track cancer patients with COVID-19 A team of oncologists have joined forces to launch the first cancer coronavirus registry in the world to track how cancer patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 will be impacted.
25 March 2020 New global guidelines launched to reduce surgical site infection and antimicrobial resistance International surgical guidelines launched today (25 March) will help to save thousands of lives in Low- and Middle-income Countries (LMIC) countries by standardising and improving practice in surgery.
13 February 2020 Scientists uncover new understanding of how antibodies target dangerous bacteria A new study from the University of Birmingham has helped provide novel understanding into how to select antigens to target in vaccines or new treatments against bacterial infections.