NIHR researchers have carried out the world’s first gene therapy operation to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of sight loss in the UK.
NIHR researchers have created new machine learning software that can forecast the response to treatments and survival rates of patients with ovarian cancer.
An immersive virtual reality environment developed with funding from NIHR has been shown to help children with autism learn how to manage fears and phobias.
Survival after a diagnosis of heart failure in the United Kingdom has shown only modest improvement in the 21st century and lags behind other serious conditions, according to new research supported by the NIHR.
The NIHR has appointed Adam Kamenetzky into the new role of in-house Senior Research Fellow, to explore questions of NIHR’s impact and wider value to society, and develop staff capabilities.
New NIHR-funded research, published today in The BMJ, shows that electronically-delivered prescribing feedback and online decision support for GPs reduces unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory illness.