News in the College Back to 'Medical and Dental Sciences' NewsRSS FeedAtom Feed 16/09/2021 Research provides new insight into fundamental workings of the immune system in response to therapy to treat skin cancer DescriptionNew 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.Date:16/09/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Midland Universities unite in new consortium to improve public health DescriptionThe 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.Date:16/09/2021 14/09/2021 University of Birmingham scientists in new COVID-19 study DescriptionUniversity 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.Date:14/09/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 13/09/2021 Scientists discover new pathway that prevents bowel cancer treatment from working DescriptionLeading scientists at the University of Birmingham have discovered a previously unknown pathway that prevents specific drugs from working in patients with bowel cancer.Date:13/09/2021Categories: Research Planned surgery in independent sector linked to shorter hospital stays and fewer readmissions than in NHS DescriptionPlanned surgery in independent sector linked to shorter hospital stays and fewer readmissions than in NHS.Date:13/09/2021 08/09/2021 Survivors of modern slavery to play vital role in new research project DescriptionA 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.Date:08/09/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 03/09/2021 New study will use artificial intelligence to improve treatments for people with multiple long-term conditions DescriptionThe 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.Date:03/09/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Research explores impact on informal carers who nursed people who died at home during first wave of COVID-19 pandemic DescriptionInformal carers who looked after people that died from a terminal illness at home during the COVID-19 pandemic are being asked to take part in a research project led by the University of Birmingham.Date:03/09/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 31/08/2021 Artificial Intelligence approach helps to identify patients with heart failure that respond to beta-blocker treatment DescriptionResearchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new way to identify which patients with heart failure will benefit from treatment with beta-blockers.Date:31/08/2021Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 27/08/2021 New spinout Empower Therapeutics sets its sights on reducing pain 'chronification' DescriptionThe 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.Date:27/08/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Displaying 1 to 10 of 948 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next