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UK first testicular tissue transplant offers fertility hope

08 October, 2026CRH

Doctors in Edinburgh have performed a pioneering procedure to transplant a young man's…

Researcher wearing protective clothing removing samples from a liquid nitrogen tanks. Large silver liquid nitrogen tanks in the background

Commercialisation funding for IRR research projects

06 October, 2026CIR CRH

Professor Mathew Horrocks and Dr Doug Gibson have received funding from the Scottish Government to…

Researcher pipetting something in a lab in a white lab coat

Delayed wound healing improved by targeting signalling molecule

23 September, 2026CIR

Wound healing is impaired in older individuals, partly due to a persistent increase in immune cells…

Microscopy image showing small white dots (cells) within a wound site. There is a reduction in wound neutrophil (yellow dots) infiltration in wounds treated with CCL3 blocker (right) compared to those without CCL3 blocker (left).

Call for early-life interventions to be evaluated on long-term as well as short-term impacts

17 September, 2026CIR

IRR Group Leader Professor Debby Bogaert joins international expert group in the call for early-…

Debby Bogaert early life paper

New vision condition identified

09 September, 2026CIR

A gene previously known to cause one inherited eye condition has also been found to cause a…

Close up of a human eye which is hazel colour and shows a reflection

IRR spinout Prothea presents first in-human study results

26 August, 2026CIR

Cancer therapy company Prothea Technologies, a spinout of IRR, has presented clinical trial results…

Members of Prothea are standing in discussion, whilst looking at a screen at a conference stall

Accelerating drug discovery with new real-time cell imaging method

20 August, 2026CIR

The Vendrell lab has developed a new method that allows for fluorescent probes to light up when…

Cells with stained cyan nuclei and on the right side, outside proteins lit up with red fluorescence

Dan Edwards awarded prestigious fellowship from the Chief Scientific Office

26 July, 2026CIR

Dr Dan Edwards, a postdoctoral research associate in the Horrocks Group, has been awarded an early…

Dan Edwards headshot with CSO logo on the right

UK Space Biology Summit launches a national vision for space-life sciences

22 July, 2026CIR

The UK Space Biology Summit, held in Edinburgh, brought together researchers, industry, government…

A group of participants in discussion around a table

IRR at The Provocateurs!

21 July, 2026CIR CRH CRM

Our IRR researchers are presenting at this year's 'The Provocateurs', a staple of…

The Provocateurs logo