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Aug 25, 2022
Developing a map of human lung fibrosis
Southampton researchers have given new insight into the events underlying a chronic lung disease, generating a valuable new resource for...
Aug 24, 2022
Babies who suffer lower respiratory tract infections are more likely to have school-age asthma
Babies who suffer from bronchitis, pneumonia and chest infections are more likely to develop asthma and lower lung function when they are...
Jul 27, 2022
COVID-19 vaccine study calls on pregnant women to help build booster dose guidance
Pregnant women in the south are being invited to help discover the most effective use of booster vaccines during pregnancy. The Preg-CoV...
Jul 19, 2022
Peanut allergy reactions worse after poor sleep
Allergic reactions to peanuts are worse for adults if they’ve had a bad night’s sleep, research has found. The national study also...
May 26, 2022
Voice analysis could help spot signs of worsening asthma
Asthma patients could one day use a smartphone app to manage their condition, after Southampton researchers used voice recordings to...
May 17, 2022
Southampton to lead 2.2m Natasha trial to treat people living with food allergies
Southampton researchers will lead a major new nationwide trial, funded by a charity set up by Natasha Ednan-Laperouse’s parents, to treat...
Mar 31, 2022
New insight opens path to tackle chronic lung disease
Southampton researchers have given new insight into the mechanisms of a chronic, progressive lung disease. The understanding could help...
Feb 25, 2022
Southampton allergy team retains world excellence status
The asthma, allergy and immunology service in Southampton has once again been named as a World Centre of Excellence for clinical...
Jan 6, 2022
Award-winning research sheds new light on lung disease
Innovative lung research is driving discoveries that could help develop new ways to prevent or treat respiratory disease. Southampton...
Dec 16, 2021
Long-COVID patients treated in hospital show limited recovery after one year
People treated in hospital with COVID-19 who remained unwell at five months show limited further recovery after one year, according to...
Dec 15, 2021
Southampton research reveals why exercise helps people with asthma
Exercise improves asthma symptoms and reduces lung inflammation, but until now it has not been clear how it does this. New research...
Dec 15, 2021
Respiratory discovery could improve survival of COVID-19 intensive care patients
Southampton researchers have revealed one reason why COVID-19 patients on ventilators have trouble breathing, and how refining a...
Dec 3, 2021
Healthy volunteers needed to help fight lung disease
Southampton researchers are looking for healthy people between 40 and 75 years of age to take part in a study seeking to improve care for...
Nov 26, 2021
Pregnant women needed for COVID-19 vaccine study in Southampton
Pregnant women in Southampton are being invited to take part in a COVID-19 vaccine study. Preg-CoV is the UK’s largest clinical study to...
Aug 25, 2021
New study into COVID-19 vaccine dose interval for pregnant women launches in Southampton
The country’s largest clinical study investigating the best gap between first and second COVID-19 vaccine doses for pregnant women is...
Jun 10, 2021
Lab tests show Southampton antiviral effective against COVID-19 variants
Lab tests have shown a promising antiviral treatment to be effective against the Alpha and Beta COVID-19 variants. Southampton-led...
May 19, 2021
Southampton leads world-first COVID-19 vaccine booster study
Volunteers from Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth will soon be able to receive a third ‘booster’ COVID-19 vaccine through a new...
May 18, 2021
First COVID-19 vaccine study for pregnant women launches in Southampton
The first COVID-19 vaccine study in the UK recruiting pregnant women has been launched across several National Institute of Health...
Mar 19, 2021
Study aims to optimise care for those hospitalised with COVID-19
Southampton nurses part of the national COVID-NURSE study will assess new approaches to caring for COVID-19 patients, to inform new...
Mar 12, 2021
First arm of ACCORD clinical trial platform completes patient recruitment
ACCORD – a Phase 2, clinical trial platform designed to rapidly test candidate drugs for the treatment of COVID-19 – has completed...
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