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Engineering more efficient ways to create iPSCs by dissecting the OCT4 transcription factor

09 October, 2025CRM

Researchers identified regions of the OCT4 transcription factor which, when engineered can create…

£70 million investment in biotech spinout Trogenix to tackle aggressive cancers

06 October, 2025

IRR spinout Trogenix, which is developing innovative cancer therapies, starting with brain cancer,…

IRR opens to the public for Doors Open Day 2025

02 October, 2025CIR CRH CRM

On Saturday 27 September 2025 the Institute for Regeneration and Repair opened its doors once again…

Early medical abortion at home up to 12 weeks is safe, effective, and comparable to hospital care

30 September, 2025CRH

It is time to change law to enable women in all parts of UK and Europe to choose this option, a 5…

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…