David J Roberts

Zelenskiy condemns attack on blood transfusion centre as ‘war crime’ theguardian.com/world/2023/aug… What can we say? In times of armed conflict, international humanitarian law (IHL) provides rules to protect access to health care.#UkraineUnderAttack #HealthCare @WHO

World first: NHS test to improve donor matching for blood disorders: thelimbic.com/uk/haematology… NHSBT to tgenotype blood and platelet groups in all with haemoglobinopathy to allow better matched products for #SickleCell, #Thalassaemia and Rare Inherited #Anaemias

@HumanityAction Just seen the moving and inspirational set of animated films of personal histories of humanity and resistance to the Holocaust by @HumanityAction at @WolfsonCollege Great filmmaking great content Thanks! twitter.com/HumanityAction…

January 27, 2023 marks the 78th International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Today, Humanity in Action pays tribute to those victims of persecution. To learn more, you can watch our animated documentary trilogy ➡️ bit.ly/3QZFBdr

Really amazing to be part of the RESTORE team! We have actually started this trial and at least two participants have received lab grown red blood cells! Thank you to all Clinical trial participants for RESTORE - we couldn’t do this without you! #labgrownblood

Advancing public health....@NHSBT will support donors to enroll in #OurFutureHealth starting early 2024 Our Future Health: How you can join the world’s largest experiment in ‘living well longer’ telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Many congratulations to Su Brailsford @BrailsfordSu on receiving the Kenneth Goldsmith award at British Blood Transfusion Society #BBTS for her outstanding work on donor selection guidelines

Large genetic case control study 7000 cases shows 15+ variants associated with severe disease and so suggests pathways leading to severe disease low antiviral interferon signalling (interferon receptors) and pulmonary inflammation and clotting #COVID19 nature.com/articles/s4158…

Nuffield report sadly highlights chronic underfunding and vulnerability in NHS inspire of massive work during pandemic NHS at risk of taking longer to recover from pandemic than other health systems ft.com/content/667a23…

'Rare' diseases are important and tractable -weclome NIHR plans! •Improvements to newborn screening •Developing a toolkit for virtual consultations •Supporting access to new treatments •Monitoring uptake to ensure equal access to treatment •Pilot new treatments

Drawing on the UK’s strengths as a global leader in science, England’s first Rare Diseases Action Plan launched today includes £40 million of new funding for the @NIHRBioResource to further their work in characterising and understanding rare diseases: nihr.ac.uk/news/millions-…

Not a good week for autocrats.....Ukraine has been inspiring and humbling... Why Vladimir Putin has already lost this war | Yuval Noah Harari theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Decision makers need constantly updated evidence synthesis nature.com/articles/d4158… Living reviews - the new normal? Yes - looks very much like it!

Lots to do in improving care for SCD across the NHS Sickle cell disease inquiry finds ‘serious care failings’ in NHS Fihttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/15/sickle-cell-disease-inquiry-finds-serious-care-failings-in-nhs

A 12 minute read from Nature highlighting the grim reality of the present climate situation. We are we doing enough? Despite 30 years of climate diplomacy, urgent and aggressive action is needed to halt global warming. nature.com/immersive/d415… via @nature

Vax is word of the year and deservedly so after our transforming lives after @COVID Thanks to the vaxxers!! bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

Great work from the plasma programme in setting up plasma collection to make immunoglobulins Plasma from blood donors in England to be used for life-saving medicine theguardian.com/society/2021/a…

Congrats to @Di_Angelantonio @WilliamAstle @redcellsara @SimonStanworth @NGleadall @MihaelaVDS-one of the winners in Round 2 of the @AACinnovation @NHSX @NIHRresearch #AIAward, receiving funding through #NHSAILab. Find out more here:tinyurl.com/4dewnbhp #ArtificialIntelligence

Great win! Great performance! Great headline! Roberts got a goal in a thrilling, nervy victory that will almost certainly earn Wales a berth in the last 16 Turkey 0-2 Wales: Euro 2020 #block-60ca3a4e8f08bfe0ccb13c4a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/football/live/…

RECOVERY Result: Monoclonal antibody combination reduces deaths for hospitalised patients with COVID-19 who haven't produced antibodies for themselves. Mortality reduced by one-fifth (30% -> 24%) A new treatment for the sickest patients! Pre-print submitted - out later today