News in the College Back to 'Medical and Dental Sciences' NewsRSS FeedAtom Feed 24/05/2019 Leading structural biologist appointed as new Professor in Structural Biology DescriptionThe Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences recently appointed Steve Smerdon as Professor of Structural Biology. He joins Birmingham from The Francis Crick Institute, London.Date:24/05/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Birmingham researcher awarded Wellcome Trust Investigator Award in Science DescriptionProfessor Ian Tomlinson, Director of the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award in Sciences of £2 million for research into different types of IDH mutation.Date:24/05/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 17/05/2019 Only 3% of children in England visit dentist before their first birthday, study finds DescriptionResearch led by the University of Birmingham has revealed that just 3% of children in England visited the dentist before their first birthday.Date:17/05/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 15/05/2019 Cancer Research UK Birmingham Centre awarded £3.8 million to transform clinical academic training DescriptionSignificant funding of over £3.8 million has been awarded to the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Birmingham Centre, based at the University of Birmingham, to develop its clinical academic training programme.Date:15/05/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 13/05/2019 £1.3 million awarded by the MRC to find new treatments for leukaemia DescriptionScientists at the University of Birmingham and Newcastle University have teamed up to develop new ways of treating different classes of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) carrying specific gene mutations.Date:13/05/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 09/05/2019 University of Birmingham Professor Arri Coomarasamy joins prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship DescriptionThe Academy of Medical Sciences has elected University of Birmingham Professor Arri Coomarasamy as one of 50 of the UK's leading figures within biomedical and health sciences to their esteemed Fellowship.Date:09/05/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 08/05/2019 Progesterone could increase live births in women with early pregnancy bleeding and a history of miscarriage DescriptionResearch led by the University of Birmingham suggests that giving progesterone to pregnant women with early pregnancy bleeding and a history of miscarriage could increase their chances of having a baby.Date:08/05/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 02/05/2019 BactiVac shortlisted for international Antibiotic Guardian 2019 Awards DescriptionThe University of Birmingham-hosted BactiVac Network has been shortlisted under the Research category for this prestigious award ceremony, which is being hosted by Public Health England on 27 June in Birmingham.Date:02/05/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences 23/04/2019 Scientists discover how nature controls the level at which 'superbug' E.coli clones evolve to take over the human gut DescriptionA 'superbug' clone of E. coli has evolved to prevent itself from becoming so dominant that it could potentially wipe out the bacteria from existence, scientists led by the University of Birmingham have discovered.Date:23/04/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 18/04/2019 University of Birmingham SCRIPT eLearning programme advocated for prescribers to ensure the safer use of medicines and reduce errors DescriptionHealthcare safety investigators advocate that all professionals responsible for prescribing use an online learning programme developed by the University of Birmingham.Date:18/04/2019Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Displaying 1 to 10 of 591 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next