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  • Vet School postgrad selected for the first ever national PhD Training Programme in antimicrobial resistance 16 November 2018 A postgraduate student from the University of Bristol’s Veterinary School has been selected for the first ever national PhD Training Programme in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - launched by the Medical Research Foundation.
  • Vaccine study underway to combat meningitis 14 December 2009 Scientists at the University of Bristol have embarked on a ground-breaking study to help protect people from the killer disease meningitis. Volunteers will be given a vaccination and then the reaction of the immune system in the back of their throats will be analysed as part of a wider project to reduce cases of the disease.
  • Study could benefit eye disease patients whilst saving NHS both time and money 20 December 2018 Researchers from the University of Bristol, in collaboration with Queen's University Belfast, are leading a cutting-edge project, named the "MONARCH" study, that could benefit eye disease patients whilst saving both time and money within the NHS.
  • Disappearing into thin air: harnessing oxygen drop could eliminate cancers without harming healthy tissue 24 August 2018 A major advance towards targeting cancer without harming healthy tissue has been discovered by University of Bristol researchers. The team has found a way to exploit hypoxia (reduced oxygen levels) — a condition which occurs during the development of many common cancers and drives their progression and spread. The findings, which have implications for targeted oncology, are published today [24 August 2018] in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine.
  • Growing bio-inspired shapes with hundreds of tiny robots 19 December 2018 Hundreds of small robots can work in a team to create biology-inspired shapes – without an underlying master plan, purely based on local communication and movement. This is what researchers from Barcelona working with the Bristol Robotics Laboratory found when they introduced the biological principles of self-organisation to swarm robotics.
  • Bristol researcher awarded British Society for Oral and Dental Research (BSODR) President's prize 23 September 2022 Dr Cher Farrugia, a dentist and researcher at the University of Bristol Dental School, has been awarded the prestigious British Society of Oral and Dental Research (BSODR) President's Prize for her research in translational microbiology.
  • New study aims to reduce the use of oral antibiotics for ear infections in children 16 November 2018 Middle ear infections, known medically as acute otitis media (AOM), are common painful infections in children, for which there are up to three million treatment episodes in England and Wales each year. They are often treated with antibiotics by mouth. However, these can cause side effects like rashes, diarrhoea and vomiting, and their over-use contributes to the growing global health threat of antibiotic resistance. Researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Southampton, King’s College London and Imperial College London, are collaborating on a new study to investigate alternative treatments, which they hope will reduce unnecessary oral antibiotic use, while relieving painful symptoms and reducing healthcare costs.
  • Scientists simulate the climate of Game of Thrones 20 December 2017 Winter is coming...as anyone who watches the hit TV series, Game of Thrones, knows.
  • ‘Pause’ in global warming was never real, new research proves 19 December 2018 Claims of a ‘pause’ in observed global temperature warming are comprehensively disproved in a pair of new studies published today.
  • Blood thinning drugs before removing a clot in stroke patients improves death rates at 90 days, study finds 3 October 2022 A new systematic review and meta-analysis by an international group of researchers has found giving a blood thinning drug (thrombolysis) before treatment to remove a clot from the brain - known as thrombectomy procedure - to stroke patients, improved mortality rates at 90 days, compared with just thrombectomy procedure alone.

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