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Patients who have had surgery to create a Fontan circulation show changes in their genetic code, which may provide a new treatment opportunity to reduce premature aging. The procedure is used to treat children born with a range of single…

Researchers at the University of Birmingham and Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University have joined forces to launch a joint clinical research institute that aims to improve healthcare outcomes in China’s Greater Bay Area and…

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration, which includes astronomers and scientists from the University of Birmingham, has detected a remarkable gravitational-wave signal called GW230529. The discovery was made in May 2023 and is thought…

The seven-year contract by the U.S. Department of Defense has a potential award amount of $15.5M over the performance period for the programme to analyse a range of biomarkers – such as blood and saliva, mental health, vision, balance and…

For millions of women worldwide, childbirth still carries life-threatening risks. Every two minutes in 2020, a woman died in pregnancy or labour, amounting to a global death toll of around 287,000 women that year. Most of those deaths…

This level of sleep deprivation increases the risk of serious injury or fatality in safety critical situations. Published in Science Advances, the biomarker used a combination of markers found in the blood of healthy volunteers.…

Advances in understanding the basic biology behind the causes of diabetic retinopathy could have potential therapeutic implications later down the line. A recent paper published by the experimental ophthalmology team at the Institute of…

Breaking into the FT's global top 10 for the first time in the 2024 rankings, and securing 9th position overall, the Birmingham Business School online MBA is Association of MBAs (AMBA) accredited and features a modern curriculum that…

The University of Birmingham's long-standing EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Formulation Engineering is one of 65 CDTs to secure a share of £1 billion in funding, the UK's biggest-ever investment in engineering and physical…

Future medicine and vaccine makers will be able to develop their skills using virtual reality thanks to a new national Centre of Excellence announced today. The RESILIENCE Centre of Excellence for UK Medicines Manufacturing Skills will…