April 19, 2021 Cancer researchers work through night as pandemic restricts access to labs The number of scientists able to access labs dropped by almost 30 per cent when the latest coronavirus lockdown was announced, according to new data released by the ICR. Some 28% are therefore resorting to working in unsociable hours to keep their research going. The ICR is calling for financial support to avert a two-year […]
March 29, 2021 Global trial reports on use of tocilizumab in COVID-19 pneumonia The anti-inflammatory treatment tocilizumab does not significantly improve outcomes for patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia, a trial has found. However, researchers found that tocilizumab reduced the time the patients spent in hospital by an average of 8.4 days and reduced time spent in the ICU by an average of 6 days. The COVACTA randomised controlled […]
March 16, 2021 Six Imperial researchers awarded leading health honours Six Imperial researchers have been appointed to prestigious research positions by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR). They have been named as NIHR Senior Investigators – positions given to those who are deemed to be the most outstanding leaders of patient and people-based research within the NIHR faculty. They provide research leadership to the NIHR […]
March 10, 2021 Scientists discuss COVID-19 vaccine concerns and uptake in the Black community Two Imperial vaccine researchers discuss vaccine concerns and why there is low COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the Black community in a new video. Leon McFarlane and Hadijatou Sallah from the Department of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London talk about the safety of the vaccines, the importance of vaccinations and why new approaches are needed […]
March 1, 2021 Heart damage found in half of COVID-19 patients discharged after hospitalisation Half of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 have damage to their hearts. The damage includes inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis), scarring or death of heart tissue (infarction), restricted blood supply to the heart (ischaemia) and combinations of all three. The study, published in the European Heart Journal, involves 148 patients from […]