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We have an international reputation for making important scientific discoveries in the lab and translating them into successful clinical treatments. Through our links across the University, the NHS and industry we have been able to push the boundaries of medical research and address key healthcare issues.

Research highlights

A patient and Southampton student nurse smiling at each other in a hospital room, as the nurse takes the patient's blood pressure.

Keeping patients safe in hospital

Health and wellbeing
Future societies and communities
Professor Peter Griffiths, Professor Jane Ball, Dr Jeremy Jones and their team have shaped the public debate around safe nurse staffing levels in hospitals, and informed clinical guidelines and legislation in the UK.

Supercharging your immune system

Health and wellbeing
Research led by Professor Nullin Divecha and his laboratory team has identified a way to boost the power of the human immune system to find and destroy cancer cells within the body.
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Protecting communities against viruses

Culture and creativity
Health and wellbeing
Future societies and communities
An education programme developed at the University, designed to help primary school children protect themselves from the spread of COVID-19, is now available to young people across the UK.
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Research institutes, centres and groups

An external view of the centre for cancer immunology, based at Southampton General Hospital.

Centre for Cancer Immunology

The Centre for Cancer Immunology's interdisciplinary research helps scientists and medics to collaborate worldwide. By bringing people together and sharing our expertise, we're working faster than ever before towards a cure for cancer.
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