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News Harnessing B cells could fight cancer or autoimmune diseases by targeting mitochondrial metabolism New research finds a crucial role for Thioredoxin protein in regulatory B cells control of the immune system.
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13 June 2023 Existing drug being tested for new use in patients with a rare blinding autoimmune disease A new trial receives funding to test whether a drug, utilised for treatment of alcohol dependency, could benefit patients with eye scarring conditions.
13 June 2023 Immune cell movement worse in older females, mice study finds First study to show ageing is factor in sex differences between immune cell movement around the body
18 May 2023 New concussion study in women’s rugby Marker Diagnostics, which developed a saliva-based concussion diagnostic based on Birmingham research, is to start a study on concussion in sportswomen.
26 April 2023 Consultation launched on data standards for reducing bias in AI health tech STANDING Together partnership launches consultation aimed at improving the data used for building and testing AI health technologies
04 April 2023 Obesity turning arthritic joint cells into pro-inflammation ‘bad apples’ Being overweight may be physically changing the environment within people’s joints, with obesity promoting pro-inflammatory conditions which worsen arthritis.
28 March 2023 Ageing: is it driven by our genetic coding? New research asks the question of why ageing happens in a uniform way when current models work on the basis of randomly accumulated damage.