Obesity, age and BAME ethnicity associated with higher COVID-19 antibody levels DescriptionResearchers studying a group of UK healthcare workers discovered that non-white individuals recovering from COVID-19 displayed higher antibody levels than white individuals.Date:23/11/2020Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Targeted therapies for heart failure research receives £850,000 boost DescriptionDr Katja Gehmlich has been jointly awarded a three-year research grant from the Medical Research Council to understand how cardiac mechano-sensing works to help develop therapies for heart failure.Date:20/11/2020Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research RD Lawrence Fellowship awarded to Birmingham Fellow DescriptionDr Ildem Akerman is the recipient of the highly respected RD Lawrence Fellowship Award from Diabetes UK for her research in identifying factors important to generate beta cells from stems cells in a laboratory.Date:12/11/2020Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 found at six months in non-hospitalised individuals DescriptionCellular (T cell) immunity against SARS-CoV-2 is likely to be present within most adults six months after primary infection, a new pre-print from the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium (UK-CIC) suggests.Date:02/11/2020Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Birmingham Professor to receive prestigious award for exceptional scientific advances in endocrinology DescriptionProfessor Davide Calebiro, Chair of Molecular Endocrinology at the University of Birmingham's Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, has been named as the recipient of a prestigious endocrinology award.Date:26/10/2020Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Optical imaging techniques could offer non-invasive method to measure swelling within the brain, new study finds DescriptionImaging techniques ordinarily used by eye doctors to monitor the optic nerve could offer a non-invasive method of measuring and managing potentially dangerous swelling in the skull, a new UK study has found.Date:24/10/2020Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research New online research database set to boost battle against COVID-19 DescriptionResearchers around the world can tap into a new inter-disciplinary online database of COVID-19 research allowing them to search for new partners, resources and funding to boost the global battle against the virus.Date:14/10/2020Categories: International, Research Global experts support maternal health professionals during pandemic DescriptionGlobal health professionals are joining the latest in a series of online expert workshops aimed at improving the care of pregnant women during the current COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in low income countriesDate:30/09/2020Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Experts support maternal health professionals during COVID-19 pandemic DescriptionHealth professionals around the globe can join a series of online expert workshops aimed at improving the care of pregnant women during the current COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in low- and middle-countries.Date:15/09/2020Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Birmingham professor named 2020 recipient of the European Journal of Endocrinology Award DescriptionProfessor Davide Calebiro was presented the award following his lecture at the e-ECE 2020 virtual conference on 5th September 2020, in recognition of his contribution to scientific research in endocrine diseases.Date:09/09/2020Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Displaying 1 to 10 of 150 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next