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Cancer and Genomics Experimental cancer therapy research continues at Birmingham New and innovative ways to detect and treat cancer being trialled at Birmingham are to receive renewed funding from Cancer Research UK and the NIHR.
30 September 2021 Survivors of domestic violence and abuse have been at increased risk of COVID-19, study finds A new study finds that women with recorded exposure to domestic abuse or violence were at an increased risk of contracting COVID-19 during the first two waves of the pandemic in the UK.
30 September 2021 University of Birmingham SCRIPT eLearning programme used in 70% of medical schools around the UK The national eLearning programme, SCRIPT, is now being used in 30 of the 43 medical schools in the UK to support undergraduate training in prescribing and therapeutics.
22 September 2021 Setting global targets could cut impact of diabetes in developing countries Setting and achieving targets for treating diabetes patients with cholesterol or blood pressure medication, as well as tackling blood sugar levels, could save lives.
16 September 2021 Research provides new insight into fundamental workings of the immune system in response to therapy to treat skin cancer New research suggests that skin cancer patients could have a better prognosis if their T cells send messages from five specific genes in their immune response to drugs given to treat the disease.
16 September 2021 Midland Universities unite in new consortium to improve public health The Universities of Birmingham, Keele and Warwick have formed a consortium to become part of an NIHR-funded body working to improve public health through research.
14 September 2021 University of Birmingham scientists in new COVID-19 study University of Birmingham researchers are part of a new study seeking to understand why some people become infected with COVID-19 after vaccination or prior infection while others do not.
13 September 2021 Scientists discover new pathway that prevents bowel cancer treatment from working Leading scientists at the University of Birmingham have discovered a previously unknown pathway that prevents specific drugs from working in patients with bowel cancer.
13 September 2021 Planned surgery in independent sector linked to shorter hospital stays and fewer readmissions than in NHS Planned surgery in independent sector linked to shorter hospital stays and fewer readmissions than in NHS.
08 September 2021 Survivors of modern slavery to play vital role in new research project A new University of Birmingham-led research project has been launched to examine the impact of psychological support on the mental wellbeing of people affected by modern slavery.
03 September 2021 New study will use artificial intelligence to improve treatments for people with multiple long-term conditions The NIHR has awarded £2.5 million for research that will use artificial intelligence to produce computer programmes and tools to help doctors improve the choice of drugs in patients with multiple long-term conditions.
31 August 2021 Artificial Intelligence approach helps to identify patients with heart failure that respond to beta-blocker treatment Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new way to identify which patients with heart failure will benefit from treatment with beta-blockers.
27 August 2021 New spinout Empower Therapeutics sets its sights on reducing pain 'chronification' The University of Birmingham, UK, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore have created a new spinout, Empower Therapeutics, to commercialise a simple, reliable (EEG)-based biomarker for pain sensitivity.