Researchers in Southampton are studying the timeline of lung disease in a younger smoking population to better understand how and when it...

In March we (the Wessex Public Involvement Network - #WessexPIN) organised an ‘Exploring the Impact of Public Involvement’ workshop....

Looking at how tuberculosis (TB) bacteria interacts with our immune system, researchers in Southampton believe a more effective vaccine...

Our critical care research team has been awarded £2.3 million for a new scheme providing pre-surgery exercise sessions for cancer...

Pairing antibiotics with a drug that helps break down bacterial defences could make them more effective against hard-to-treat infections...

Southampton research has shown that nitric oxide can greatly improve the effects of antibiotics in tackling the chronic lung infections...

Two million people in the UK are estimated to have undiagnosed COPD, a debilitating lung disease. New research has pinpointed the...

Patients with lung conditions are prone to infections that can be hard to treat with antibiotics. Now researchers have found a drug that...

Our researchers are pioneering the use of a nose drop containing a type of ‘friendly’ bacteria that could help prevent meningitis and...

Southampton will lead a nationwide trial of a treatment approach that could improve survival from emergency bowel surgery by guiding the...

Data scientists have used clinical data to help predict how the incurable neurological condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) will...

For centuries the Sherpa peoples of the Himalayas have lived in air so thin in oxygen that lowlanders find every breath difficult – now...

Researchers from the NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit have seen promising results from a new treatment for the...

A quick-acting test for flu and other viral infections could help fight the rise in antibiotic resistant ‘superbugs’ and ensure patients...

Southampton researchers have compared two types of defibrillator and identified the best at resetting the heart’s natural rhythm in...

A new study aims to improve heart attack test accuracy, by analysing routine blood tests from 20,000 patients at University Hospital...

10 years on from the first Xtreme Everest expedition, Southampton’s Prof Mike Grocott and colleagues from University College London and...

New research by NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit has discovered that asthmatics have a weaker immune system,...

Sleep problems are a common side effect of many cancer treatments. Now our critical care research team has shown that a six week exercise...

Researchers at the NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit have developed a new 3D system to study human infection in the laboratory....