University professor part of team leading national COVID-19 testing effort at UK's first 'Lighthouse Lab' DescriptionAn infectious disease expert from the University of Birmingham is playing a significant part in the fight against COVID-19 as one of the leads at the Government's first flagship COVID-19 testing facility.Date:01/07/2020Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Where we stand with antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2 DescriptionProfessor of Immunology and Director of the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy comments on a recent Cochrane review discussing antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS-CoV-2.Date:30/06/2020Categories: Dubai Campus, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Faecal microbial transplantation more effective and less costly than antibiotics to treat C-diff infections, new study shows DescriptionAn innovative treatment for patients with Clostridium difficile infection, which uses transplanted gut bacteria to treat the infection, is a more effective and more cost-efficient treatment than using antibiotics.Date:29/06/2020Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Birmingham professor awarded prestigious Carol Nachman prize for Rheumatology DescriptionProfessor Christopher Buckley has been awarded the 2020 Carol Nachman prize based on outstanding innovate research activities in the field of rheumatology.Date:17/06/2020Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Liver perfusion could save 7 in 10 rejected donor livers DescriptionA major study investigating the effectiveness of liver perfusion as a technique to improve the function of donor livers that would have otherwise been rejected has shown that up to 7 in every 10 could be used.Date:16/06/2020Categories: 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:15/06/2020Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research The Conversation: Autoimmune diseases: we discovered how to turn white blood cells from attacking the body to protecting it DescriptionProfessors David Wraith and Peter Cockerill write for The Conversation on their research that has shown that you can stop the immune system attacking the nerves.Date:15/06/2020Categories: Dubai Campus, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research The Conversation: Lockdown: crimes in the home are on the up – new measures are needed to alert the authorities DescriptionDr Joht Singh Chandan writes for The Conversation on how domestic violence and child maltreatment are widely under-reported under lockdown.Date:10/06/2020Categories: Dubai Campus, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research First drugs announced in major COVID-19 drugs trial DescriptionTwo UK drugs companies will be the first to partner with the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford as part of a major new UK drugs trial to test potential therapeutics to treat patients hospitalised with COVID-19.Date:10/06/2020Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Birmingham scientists 're-train' immune system to prevent attack of healthy cells in new UK study into autoimmune diseases DescriptionThe 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.Date:09/06/2020Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Displaying 1 to 10 of 599 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next