One of the most common byproducts of the burning of fossil fuels, phenanthrene, causes heart arrythmias in mice, proving for the first time it is toxic to mammals, new research has discovered.
New insights into the importance of early-life factors on lung health have been unveiled in the most comprehensive study of its kind, led by the Universities of Bristol and Essex.
A link between depression and changes in counts of several types of immune cells in the blood has been revealed by researchers at the University of Bristol's MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit. These findings, published in Molecular Psychiatry, suggest that changes to different components of our immune system — both the innate and adaptive immune response — could play a role in causing depression.
Today [Wednesday 5 July] we celebrate 75 years of the NHS - the first universal health care system to be established anywhere in the world.
Global institutions are today being called on to back a bold, transformative plan for Africa to take its rightful role in research alliances, driving forward social justice, advancing science, and supercharging global scholarship.
Long Covid, which affects nearly two million people in the UK (1), is not caused by an immune inflammatory reaction to COVID-19, University of Bristol-led research finds. Emerging data demonstrates that immune activation may persist for months after COVID-19.
People are being asked to complete an online survey to help identify the top ten global burns research priorities and improve burns care around the world. The survey is part of an international partnership set up to give a louder voice to burns patients, carers and clinicians.
The economic climate has made Britons more pessimistic about their future financial situation than they were a year ago, reflecting a general international trend towards increased financial anxiety, according to the latest research from the University’s Personal Finance Research Centre (PFRC).
The University's new Cabot Institute will bring together world-leading researchers in science, engineering, social sciences and law to tackle some of the major issues that threaten the world today. Join a discussion panel event on Monday 15 November to mark the launch.
An academic at the University of Bristol has been appointed as the Institute of Fundraising’s (IoF) new Chief Examiner. Dr Jen Shang is one of the few academics in the world to have researched ‘philanthropic psychology’ — the psychology behind donating money, goods, time, or effort to support a charitable cause.
