Drug combination could help children with arthritis
A clinical trial, funded by Arthritis Research UK and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), led by professors from the University of Liverpool and University of Bristol has discovered a drug combination that could help thousands of children with arthritis (University of Liverpool, 2017). Over 5,000 children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) … Continue reading Drug combination could help children with arthritis
Ambulance response times are effected by air temperature
Ambulance response times in London worsen when air temperatures rise or fall beyond certain limits in summer and winter, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Birmingham (University of Birmingham, 2017). Services are vulnerable to disruptions from both hot and cold weather, with the speed of ambulance response beginning to suffer … Continue reading Ambulance response times are effected by air temperature
Bangor University computer games to research to help treat Parkinson’s disease
Research into how computer games stimulate the brain could be used to help treat Parkinson’s disease (BBC News, 2017). The study looked at the effects of touch screen “spatial reasoning games” on the part of the brain used to control movement. Early research involving sixteen people with Parkinson’s disease showed it could help stimulate impaired … Continue reading Bangor University computer games to research to help treat Parkinson’s disease
University of Liverpool receive funding for life saving device for women in childbirth
The University of Liverpool has been awarded £850,000 from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to further develop an award winning device that could save the lives of women all over the world (University of Liverpool, 2017). Professor of International Maternal Health, Andrew Weeks, from the Institute of Translational Medicine received the funds from … Continue reading University of Liverpool receive funding for life saving device for women in childbirth
Parenting intervention using video feedback may reduce the severity of autism
The earliest autism intervention study in the world has suggested that a parenting intervention using video feedback for families with babies at family risk of autism may reduce the severity of emerging signs of autism (University of Manchester, 2017). This study is the first of its kind to work with babies in their first year … Continue reading Parenting intervention using video feedback may reduce the severity of autism
£21m NIHR Bristol Biomedical research Centre launches
A £21m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) in Bristol will launch this week (University of Bristol, 2017). The research centre, awarded to University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol) and the University of Bristol by the NIHR, will conduct cutting edge research to develop new, ground breaking treatments, diagnostics, … Continue reading £21m NIHR Bristol Biomedical research Centre launches
University of Manchester to receive £1.2m for pancreatic cancer research
University of Manchester scientists are set to receive £1.2m from Cancer Research UK to help transform pancreatic cancer treatment in the UK (University of Manchester, 2017). Cancer Research UK is investing a total of £10m in the PRECISION Panc project based in Glasgow, Manchester and Cambridge, which aims to develop personalised treatments for pancreatic cancer … Continue reading University of Manchester to receive £1.2m for pancreatic cancer research
Study finds no “weekend admission effect” for elderly patients with broken hips on the NHS
New research has found NHS patients admitted to hospital at the weekend with a hip fracture are at no greater risk of death compared to patients admitted on weekdays (University of Bristol, 2017). In fact, the risk of death during the hospital stay was lower at the weekend than in the week. Using data collected … Continue reading Study finds no “weekend admission effect” for elderly patients with broken hips on the NHS
Immortalised cell lines could make red blood cell manufacture more efficient
University of Bristol researchers have generated the first immortalised cell lines which allow more efficient manufacture of red blood cells (University of Bristol, 2017). The team, from the University of Bristol and NHS Blood and Transplant, were able to manufacture red blood cells in a more efficient scale than was previously possible. The results, published … Continue reading Immortalised cell lines could make red blood cell manufacture more efficient
University of Birmingham purchase land for new life sciences park
The University of Birmingham has completed the purchase of 9.9 acres of land at the Battery site in the Selly Oak area of the city, and plans to work with partners to develop the site into a brand new life sciences park (University of Birmingham, 2017). Birmingham Life Sciences Park will include state-of-the-art research and … Continue reading University of Birmingham purchase land for new life sciences park
