New test slashes wait for secondary infection detection in COVID-19 patients
30 November 2021
A same-day test has cut the time taken to identify secondary infections in intensive care COVID-19 patients from four days to within 24 hours.
30 November 2021
A same-day test has cut the time taken to identify secondary infections in intensive care COVID-19 patients from four days to within 24 hours.
29 November 2021
Early stage research suggests a new version of an immunotherapy called CAR T-cell therapy has fewer toxic side effects and is effective for longer in adults with relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL), a group who previously had few treatment options available.
26 November 2021
A new study of over 220,000 patients has found that those who contract COVID-19 are at a greater risk of fatigue and sleep problems.
25 November 2021
The Preg-CoV Study is comparing the use of different approved vaccines and boosters, at different schedule intervals for pregnant women.
25 November 2021
Dr Jonathan Rodrigues has been awarded Outstanding Clinical Radiology Researcher of 2021 by The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and the National Institute for Health Research.
23 November 2021
The NIHR has awarded nearly £20 million through its global health funding programme to help tackle multiple long-term conditions.
23 November 2021
NIHR-funded researchers from the University of Oxford will undertake the world’s first cancer prevention trial in adults with Li Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS).
19 November 2021
Researchers have launched the largest ever stem cell clinical trial for children with the severe skin condition Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) - a rare genetic condition which causes the skin to blister and tear at the slightest touch.
18 November 2021
NIHR-funded researchers have produced new evidence that could help rapidly boost efforts to scale-up the adoption of clean cooking with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in sub-Saharan Africa.
17 November 2021
The CREST award was presented at the joint NIHR Clinical Research Network and Royal College of Surgeons of England research event in London yesterday.
15 November 2021
New research led by the University of Bristol, has shown the drug losartan, normally used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), is no more effective than a placebo, in slowing down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in people with mild-to-moderate disease after 12 months of treatment. However, the drug could still be of benefit if prescribed for longer and if given to people with very early disease. The findings are from the phase 2 multi-centre clinical trial known as RADAR ((Reducing pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease through Angiotensin taRgeting).
15 November 2021
The NIHR has announced its latest cohort of NIHR Research Professors and NIHR Global Research Professors.
12 November 2021
The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) and NIHR Clinical Research Network Research (NIHR CRN) are pleased to announce the winners of their 2021 Awards - which recognise NHS clinicians who have made outstanding contributions to clinical research, particularly in relation to NIHR CRN portfolio studies.
12 November 2021
Researchers have launched a major clinical trial investigating whether people on long-term immune-suppressing medicines can mount a more robust immune response to COVID-19 booster jabs by interrupting their treatment.
12 November 2021
The debilitating arm and shoulder disability and pain that some women who have had breast cancer surgery experience as a side effect of their surgery can be reduced by following a physiotherapy-led exercise programme after their operation, a new NIHR-funded study has found.
11 November 2021
A world-first study has shown that whole genome sequencing can revolutionise the diagnosis of rare diseases, improving speed and accuracy and revealing conditions other testing would miss.
11 November 2021
The NIHR will launch new sustainability-themed package of funding for research into climate and health, NIHR Chief Executive Professor Lucy Chappell has announced at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).
11 November 2021
The NIHR has today announced its new Open Access policy, that requires all peer-reviewed research articles arising from NIHR-funded research studies be made immediately open access under an open licence.
10 November 2021
Research by the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation has found that nose-swab samples to detect respiratory infections in children collected by parents, are as good as those collected by nurses.
10 November 2021
A programme of research to support children with language and communication needs has just received £1.4m funding from the NIHR, for a new strand of the E-PLAYS project.
09 November 2021
Public access defibrillators (PADs) are disproportionately lacking in the most deprived areas of England, which are among the communities at the greatest risk of cardiac arrest, according to a new analysis led by NIHR-funded researchers.
08 November 2021
Research funded and supported by NIHR has revealed that symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome may be caused by the same biological processes as mental health conditions such as anxiety.
02 November 2021
The results of the largest study in a high-income country looking at antibiotic dosing and duration for children hospitalised with pneumonia show that the number of doses given can be reduced safely, without impacting recovery.
01 November 2021
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has won the 2021 Nursing Times Award Clinical Research Nursing category, sponsored by the NIHR, for their ROAM (Research Opportunities at Moorfields) initiative.
29 October 2021
NIHR-funded researchers have launched a new £1.98m study investigating alternative treatments in tackling MRSA in hospital patients.