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Funding bodies commit to 'revitalise' nutrition research
The Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) have responded to the findings of an important...
Dec 14, 2020


Pioneering meningitis nose drop trial planned
Our researchers are pioneering the use of a nose drop containing a type of ‘friendly’ bacteria that could help prevent meningitis and...
Dec 14, 2020


Improving survival from emergency bowel surgery
Southampton will lead a nationwide trial of a treatment approach that could improve survival from emergency bowel surgery by guiding the...
Dec 14, 2020


Sherpa survival strategy could improve care
For centuries the Sherpa peoples of the Himalayas have lived in air so thin in oxygen that lowlanders find every breath difficult – now...
Dec 14, 2020


Personalising care for muscle wasting patients
Data scientists have used clinical data to help predict how the incurable neurological condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) will...
Dec 14, 2020


Artificial pancreas trialled for children with type 1 diabetes
Southampton researchers are working with the University of Cambridge to trial a revolutionary ‘artificial pancreas’ device that could...
Dec 14, 2020


New drug halts deadly lung disease
Researchers from the NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit have seen promising results from a new treatment for the...
Dec 14, 2020


Rapid test for flu helps cut antibiotic use
A quick-acting test for flu and other viral infections could help fight the rise in antibiotic resistant ‘superbugs’ and ensure patients...
Dec 14, 2020


Low vitamin B12 levels linked to diabetes in pregnancy
Asian women with a lower vitamin B12 status have been found to be more at risk of gestational diabetes, raising the possibility that...
Dec 14, 2020


Heart drug tackles eye disease
Researchers in Southampton are leading groundbreaking work into using a heart failure drug to save the sight of patients with a currently...
Dec 14, 2020


Best device found to reset heartbeat
Southampton researchers have compared two types of defibrillator and identified the best at resetting the heart’s natural rhythm in...
Dec 14, 2020


Southampton study to improve heart attack test
A new study aims to improve heart attack test accuracy, by analysing routine blood tests from 20,000 patients at University Hospital...
Dec 14, 2020
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