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.
28 July 2020 Researchers discover chemical messenger that instructs tissue cells to become aggressive A University of Birmingham team have established that a chemical messenger released by blood vessels instructs tissue cells to become aggressive and destroy joints, a classic symptom of rheumatoid arthritis.
27 July 2020 The Sun: First weight loss jabs' launch on high street after Boris's Covid obesity blitz Dr Abd Tahrani is quoted in The Sun regarding obesity and its significant unfavourable effects on the health of individuals, the health of the nation and the wide economy.
15 July 2020 Flagship Cancer Research UK precision medicine trial highlights the need for a new approach in treating genomically complicated cancers A pioneering lung cancer study has highlighted important factors that will need to be considered in the next wave of precision medicine studies particularly in treating genomically complicated cancers.
14 July 2020 UK children's intensive care units come together to offer first nationwide insight into new condition in children thought to be related to COVID-19 A UK study into critically ill children admitted to paediatric intensive care units with symptoms of a rare, new inflammatory syndrome, has offered the first nationwide insights into the true extent of the condition.
13 July 2020 BBSRC grant awarded to purchase advanced research equipment Dr Dan Tennant, Dr Christian Ludwig and Professor Gareth Lavery have been awarded a 19ALERT mid-range equipment grant from the BBSRC to provide new tools for analysis of stable isotope incorporation into metabolites.
10 July 2020 Professor Melanie Calvert receives prestigious award for achievement in Patient-Reported Outcomes Professor Melanie Calvert has been awarded the prestigious Health Assessment Lab/Medical Outcomes Trust John Ware and Alvin Tarlov Career Achievement Prize in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures.
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 July 2020 Doing more with less: Sperm without a fully active tail move faster and more efficiently, new UK study finds A new UK study finds that sperm without a fully active tail, rather than hindering the cell, move faster and more efficiently than sperm with a fully powered tail.
09 July 2020 Minister visits University of Birmingham to mark Government's launch of R&D roadmap Amanda Solloway MP, the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation recently visited the University of Birmingham to mark the launch of the Government's R&D roadmap.
09 July 2020 Clinician Engineer Hub launches free educational content Now in its 2nd year, the Clinician Engineer Hub, an international network aimed at bridging the gap between medicine and engineering has launched a series of educational material in webinar form.