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Dr Sofia Ferreira awarded LEO Foundation grant to advance wound healing research

24 September, 2025CIR

The LEO Foundation has awarded £457,000 to IRR Group Leader Dr Sofia Ferreira to continue her…

IRR spinout Prothea starts lung cancer clinical trial

16 September, 2025CIR

Medical technology company Prothea Technologies has enrolled the first patient in its Precision…

Long Covid study sheds light on link with period disruption

16 September, 2025CRH

Women with long Covid experience longer, heavier periods compared with those never infected with…

IRR spinout Resolution Therapeutics doses first patient in clinical trial

03 September, 2025CIR CRM

Biopharmaceutical spinout Resolution Therapeutics has announced the first patient has been dosed…

A promising new tool to detect biomarkers in blood

01 September, 2025CIR

Scientists from the IRR Chemistry Hub and the School of Chemistry at The University of Edinburgh…

Cause of cat coronavirus outbreak uncovered

29 August, 2025CIR

Researchers have uncovered the mystery behind the deadly cat coronavirus outbreak that swept…

New IRR Professors announced

28 August, 2025

Three IRR Principal Investigators have been promoted to full professor along with twelve colleagues…

Uncovering how a common childhood virus leaves long-lasting changes in the lungs

19 August, 2025CIR

A new study highlights a possible link between early-life viral infections and long-term…

New pipeline for testing and refining drugs for aggressive lung cancer

12 August, 2025CIR

IRR Group leader Dr Hansen and colleagues have developed a new testing pipeline that can compare…

Advancing the monitoring of Crohn’s disease with PET-based imaging

24 July, 2025CIR

IRR researcher Dr Rahul Kalla and his team, in collaboration the Edinburgh Cardiovascular Imaging…