Latest news from the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing Back to 'Institute of Inflammation and Ageing' Latest news from the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing New concussion study in women’s rugby Description:Marker Diagnostics, which developed a saliva-based concussion diagnostic based on Birmingham research, is to start a study on concussion in sportswomen. Date:18 May 2023 Consultation launched on data standards for reducing bias in AI health tech Description:STANDING Together partnership launches consultation aimed at improving the data used for building and testing AI health technologiesDate:26 April 2023 Obesity turning arthritic joint cells into pro-inflammation ‘bad apples’ Description:Being overweight may be physically changing the environment within people’s joints, with obesity promoting pro-inflammatory conditions which worsen arthritis.Date:04 April 2023 Ageing: is it driven by our genetic coding? Description:New research asks the question of why ageing happens in a uniform way when current models work on the basis of randomly accumulated damage.Date:28 March 2023 Birmingham researchers receive funding to study veteran brain injury Description:Scientists at the University of Birmingham awarded almost £200,000 by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs to better understand traumatic brain injury in veterans.Date:14 March 2023 Naturally occurring peptide may tackle the ‘root cause’ of obesity-related conditions Description:Research shows the peptide called PEPITEM could provide a revolutionary approach to reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes and other obesity-related diseases Date:09 March 2023 Adding years to your inflammation clock – what factors affect healthy ageing-related system decline Description:Beneficial habits including exercise and healthy diet may delay ‘inflammaging’ associated with age-related health problemsDate:13 February 2023 Latest research finds hypertension drug could be repurposed to delay ageing Description:Latest research has found that rilmenidine, a drug used to treat hypertension, can be used to slow ageing and extend lifespan.Date:24 January 2023 University of Birmingham healthy-ageing pioneer awarded CBE Description:Pioneering University of Birmingham immunity expert Professor Janet Lord has been awarded a CBE in the 2023 New Year Honours.Date:03 January 2023 Inflammation and Ageing Research Fellow receives £1.2M Competitive MRC Career Development Fellowship Description:Dr Jon Hazeldine, Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, has been awarded a competitive MRC Career Development Award Fellowship totalling £1.2M.Date:16 November 2022 Historic concussion monitoring collaboration extended during Women’s 2021 Rugby World Cup Description:The collaboration between University of Birmingham spin-off Marker Diagnostics, Rugby Football Union and World Rugby extended for the Women’s Rugby World CupDate:11 November 2022 First Midlands research collaboration to focus on patient safety Description:National Institute for Health and Care Research will establish Patient Safety Research Collaboration based in the MidlandsDate:14 October 2022 Previous123456Next