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  1. The University of Greenwich have developed drug treatments targetting fatal cytokine storm symptom of Covid-19.

    Dr Mike Leach has developed compounds, known as UoG-alpha and UoG-beta, that can inhibit the multiple cytokine proteins that can cause death by respiratory collapse, following Covid 19 infection. These compounds can be used within a drug therapy to prevent our immune system from disabling the body’s lung function during a cytokine storm; one of […]

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  2. Anglia Ruskin University (ARU)- New test can detect COVID-19 in 20 minutes

    ARU’s Professor Stephen Bustin, with colleagues at Chelmsford hospital, have developed a robust, reliable assay, or test, for COVID-19 which returns results in less than 20 minutes. The test, called Cov2-ID, detects three viral targets, making it more reliable than other tests that look at just one, and was 100% accurate in almost 30 patient […]

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  3. Teesside University support the manufacture of a vaccine

    Teesside University will support the manufacture of a Teesside vaccine by building the skills capacity of the region’s life science industry. The university’s National Horizons Centre will lead the work to develop the skills capacity within the Stockton-on-Tees region, working in partnership with industry delivering expertise, facilities and training potential to upskill the vaccine manufacturing workforce. Sixty-million doses […]

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  4. Bimingham City University UKRI Newton Fund project to boost emergency nursing provision in the Zambia amidst Covid-19 pandemic

    Academics at Birmingham City University were recently awarded £173,000 from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Newton Fund, funding projects across the globe to support communities hit by the coronavirus. The project will see nurse academics and researchers work alongside nurses, local healthcare workers and officials to increase provision for trauma and emergency care within […]

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  5. Covid-19 research and enterprise

    Bimingham City University UKRI Newton Fund project to boost emergency nursing provision in the Zambia amidst Covid-19 pandemic Academics at Birmingham City University were recently awarded £173,000 from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Newton Fund, funding projects across the globe to support communities hit by the coronavirus. The project will see nurse academics and […]

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  6. Working with partners

    University of South Wales- Working with Tata Steel The University of South Wales is working with industry giant Tata Steel to help them reduce their energy use and make their business more environmentally and economically sustainable. The University has researched and helped implement a system which takes hydrogen gas produced using electricity and waste carbon […]

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  7. Global impact

    UWE, Bristol- Eliminating malaria by strengthening health programme management in South-East Asia and Southern Africa Every year some half a million people die from malaria, a disease which exists in nearly 100 countries. Focus for enhanced malaria programme performance is often placed on the technical challenges, while human and organizational factors are often overlooked. Research […]

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  8. Local Impact

    The University of South Wales (USW) offering tech support to local SME’s. The Centre of Excellence in Mobile and Emerging Technologies (CEMET) project was launched in March 2017 and has been led by the University of South Wales (USW) to help small businesses across Wales develop cutting-edge technologies and boost productivity. Recieving over £8.9m of […]

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  9. Everyday Impact

    Leeds Beckett University- Addressing the obesity crisis Research at Leeds Beckett University is directly benefiting the health of more than 14,000 children and adults per annum through improved obesity treatment delivered primarily via the NHS and local authorities by LBU’s subsidiary company, More Life. Co-created work with Public Health England (PHE) on a Whole Systems […]

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