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...
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- Apr 12, 2017
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...
- Mar 28, 2017
BRC researchers return to Everest
10 years on from the first Xtreme Everest expedition, Southampton’s Prof Mike Grocott and colleagues from University College London and...
- Mar 15, 2017
Asthmatics less able to fight off flu
New research by NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit has discovered that asthmatics have a weaker immune system,...
- Mar 15, 2017
Cancer patients' sleep improved by exercise
Sleep problems are a common side effect of many cancer treatments. Now our critical care research team has shown that a six week exercise...
- Feb 17, 2017
Researchers use tiny 3D spheres to combat tuberculosis
Researchers at the NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit have developed a new 3D system to study human infection in the laboratory....
- Jul 20, 2016
Team awarded £14,000 for PCD research
A Southampton team has been awarded the Team Research Award for research into nutrition in children with primary ciliary dyskinesia...
- Jun 16, 2016
Better diagnosis for PCD patients
Southampton researchers have developed a new clinical tool to diagnose the rare disease primary ciliary dyskinesia, enabling more...
- Jun 16, 2016
Underground's black snot harmful to lungs
If you’ve ever blown your nose at an underground station, you’ll be familiar with the black dust it harbours. New research from our BRU...
- Jun 16, 2016
Cough trial could give first drug in 50 years
In a UK-wide clinical trial, our NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit is testing a promising new drug for a chronic cough, as a key...
- Jun 9, 2016
Surgeons trial new drug to help brain haemorrhage patients
Surgeons in Southampton are trialling a new drug based on a chemical antioxidant found in broccoli to improve outcomes for brain...
- Apr 26, 2016
AstraZeneca strikes partnership with WISH lab
Our state-of-the-art Wessex Investigational Sciences Hub (WISH) laboratory has joined forces with AstraZeneca to investigate new ways to...
- Apr 22, 2016
New ultrasound technology for cleaning teeth
A new technology, using water treated with high-frequency sound waves, could help fight debilitating lung infections in conditions like...
- Apr 22, 2016
Advanced 3D imaging for deadly lung disease
Southampton researchers have used a new 3D x-ray imaging technique for the first time to better understand idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis...
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