News and updates

Wednesday 3rd August 2016

LifeLab showcased on BBC2 programme

Description
Our NIHR Biomedical Research Centre's LifeLab featured in the Horizon programme "Why are we getting so fat?"
Date
Wednesday 3 August 2016

Nurses' winnings spent on toys for children with complex needs

Description
Our paediatric research nurses are using their £2000 Hospital Heroes award, with additional fundraising, on improving the research facility children's area for children with complex needs.
Date
Wednesday 3 August 2016

Children with 'wobbly eye' disorder struggle to recognise faces

Description
A new indicates children with the eye movement disorder nystagmus may have particular difficulty recognising faces.
Date
Wednesday 3 August 2016
Monday 25th July 2016

New smartphone app for arthritis patients

Description
We are testing a prototype app that uses mobile phones' movement detectors to track the daily activity and joint pain of rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Date
Monday 25 July 2016
Wednesday 20th July 2016

Team awarded £14,000 for PCD research

Description
A Southampton team has been awarded the Team Research Award for research into nutrition in children with a rare inherited lung condition.
Date
Wednesday 20 July 2016
Wednesday 13th July 2016

App redesigned for 100,000 Genome Project

Description
A new version of our My Health Record app has been developed for rare disease patients in the 100,000 Genome Project to manage their health at home.
Date
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Friday 8th July 2016
Thursday 16th June 2016

Underground's black snot harmful to lungs

Description
New research from our BRU shows this dust can get inside lung cells and may aggravate conditions like asthma.
Date
Thursday 16 June 2016

Better diagnosis for PCD patients

Description
Our researchers have developed a new clinical tool to diagnose the rare disease primary ciliary dyskinesia.
Date
Thursday 16 June 2016

Cough trial could give first drug in 50 years

Description
In a UK-wide clinical trial, our NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit is testing a promising new drug for a chronic cough.
Date
Thursday 16 June 2016
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