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Thursday 17th August 2017

Researchers describe how Salmonella bacteria use 'sticky' proteins to infect blood cells

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New research by Professor Robert Read into the development of Salmonella food poisoning has revealed how the bacteria get inside and hijack the body's white blood cells.
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Thursday 17 August 2017

Funding bodies commit to 'revitalise' nutrition research

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The Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) have responded to the findings of an important report, for which Southampton's Professor Alan Jackson was deputy chair, to address a critical need to invest in the UK's nutrition research.
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Thursday 17 August 2017

Drug improves antibiotic treatment of lung infection

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Patients with lung conditions are prone to infections that can be hard to treat with antibiotics. Now researchers have found a drug that breaks down the bacteria's protective biofilm so antibiotics can get in.
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Thursday 17 August 2017
Monday 31st July 2017

Pioneering meningitis nose drop trial planned

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Our researchers are pioneering the use of a nose drop containing a type of 'friendly' bacteria that could help prevent meningitis and other infections.
Date
Monday 31 July 2017
Monday 24th July 2017

Improving survival from emergency bowel surgery

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Southampton will lead a nationwide trial of a treatment approach that could improve survival from emergency bowel surgery by guiding the amount of fluid given to patients during their operations.
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Monday 24 July 2017
Wednesday 19th July 2017

Sherpa survival strategy could improve care

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For centuries the Sherpa peoples of the Himalayas have lived in air so thin in oxygen that lowlanders find every breath difficult – now our researchers have shown how, and how it could improve NHS critical care.
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Wednesday 19 July 2017

Personalising care for muscle wasting patients

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Data scientists have used clinical data to help predict how the incurable neurological condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) will progress in individual patients, offering hope for better management and quicker trials of new treatments.
Date
Wednesday 19 July 2017

Artificial pancreas trialled for children with type 1 diabetes

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Southampton researchers are working with the University of Cambridge to trial a revolutionary 'artificial pancreas' device that could transform the lives of type 1 diabetic children and possibly prevent the progression of type 1 diabetes.
Date
Wednesday 19 July 2017
Monday 17th July 2017

New drug halts deadly lung disease

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Researchers from the NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit have seen promising results from a new treatment for the incurable, fatal lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
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Monday 17 July 2017
Friday 23rd June 2017

Conference celebrates Southampton's research

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The Southampton Medical & Health Research Conference 2017 saw a diverse mix of researchers from University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Southampton share their latest research and forge new collaborations.
Date
Friday 23 June 2017
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