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Parents urged to support new research tackling RSV infections in babies
Parents in the Southampton area are being urged to support a new respiratory virus study. RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) is one of the...
Nov 11, 2022


Southampton research nurses win at Nursing Times Awards
Clinical research nursing in Southampton has been honoured in the 2022 Nursing Times Awards. The winners of the 2022 Awards were...
Oct 28, 2022


Immune boosting antibody trialled in oesophageal cancer
A clinical trial for patients with advanced oesophageal cancer has opened in Southampton. ELEVATE is testing an immunotherapy drug in...
Oct 28, 2022


Antiviral drug could treat a wide range of COVID-19 variants
New research has shown the drug molnupiravir could be used to treat people against a wide range of COVID-19 variants. The antiviral...
Oct 26, 2022


Olympic sprinter Iwan Thomas spotlights Group B strep vaccine study
Olympian Iwan Thomas has thanked “amazing” staff at the Princess Anne Hospital for his son Teddy’s life-saving care in a BBC report for...
Sep 28, 2022


Research begins in Southampton to tackle RSV infections in babies
Babies in the Southampton area will play a vital role in a new respiratory virus study combatting the leading cause of infant...
Sep 1, 2022


New CMV investigational vaccine research study at Southampton
Southampton researchers are looking for healthy women to take part in a new trial that could help prevent a common viral infection that...
Aug 15, 2022


COVID-19 vaccine study calls on pregnant women to help build booster dose guidance
Pregnant women in the south are being invited to help discover the most effective use of booster vaccines during pregnancy. The Preg-CoV...
Jul 28, 2022


Pregnant women support Group B strep vaccine study to prevent baby deaths
Southampton researchers are inviting pregnant women to help study a new vaccine that would protect their baby from potentially...
Jul 11, 2022


Whooping cough ‘human challenge’ study in quest for new and more effective vaccine
Volunteers will trial a new way to prevent whooping cough in a study launching in Southampton, following a sharp rise in cases in recent...
Jun 24, 2022


COVID-19 study supports flexible intervals between Pfizer and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses
Southampton researchers have helped show a greater immune response occurs if two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZeneca...
Jun 15, 2022


Southampton professor receives OBE in Queen’s Jubilee Honours for COVID-19 vaccine research
Professor Saul Faust has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Jubilee Honours List. The Consultant Paediatrician at University Hospital...
Jun 6, 2022
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