Patients with lung conditions are prone to infections that can be hard to treat with antibiotics. Now researchers have found a drug that...

Our researchers are pioneering the use of a nose drop containing a type of ‘friendly’ bacteria that could help prevent meningitis and...

Southampton will lead a nationwide trial of a treatment approach that could improve survival from emergency bowel surgery by guiding the...

Data scientists have used clinical data to help predict how the incurable neurological condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) will...

For centuries the Sherpa peoples of the Himalayas have lived in air so thin in oxygen that lowlanders find every breath difficult – now...

Researchers from the NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit have seen promising results from a new treatment for the...

A quick-acting test for flu and other viral infections could help fight the rise in antibiotic resistant ‘superbugs’ and ensure patients...

Southampton researchers have compared two types of defibrillator and identified the best at resetting the heart’s natural rhythm in...

A new study aims to improve heart attack test accuracy, by analysing routine blood tests from 20,000 patients at University Hospital...

10 years on from the first Xtreme Everest expedition, Southampton’s Prof Mike Grocott and colleagues from University College London and...

New research by NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit has discovered that asthmatics have a weaker immune system,...

Sleep problems are a common side effect of many cancer treatments. Now our critical care research team has shown that a six week exercise...

Researchers at the NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit have developed a new 3D system to study human infection in the laboratory....

A Southampton team has been awarded the Team Research Award for research into nutrition in children with primary ciliary dyskinesia...

Southampton researchers have developed a new clinical tool to diagnose the rare disease primary ciliary dyskinesia, enabling more...

If you’ve ever blown your nose at an underground station, you’ll be familiar with the black dust it harbours. New research from our BRU...

In a UK-wide clinical trial, our NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit is testing a promising new drug for a chronic cough, as a key...

Surgeons in Southampton are trialling a new drug based on a chemical antioxidant found in broccoli to improve outcomes for brain...

Our state-of-the-art Wessex Investigational Sciences Hub (WISH) laboratory has joined forces with AstraZeneca to investigate new ways to...

A new technology, using water treated with high-frequency sound waves, could help fight debilitating lung infections in conditions like...