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New technology sheds light on immune cell differences in glioblastoma

16 December, 2025CIR

A new study by the Walmsley lab has, for the first time, identified the set of proteins that…

Walmsley lab group members sit on steps within IRR

New study reveals how unstable immune cells drive chronic liver disease and points to a promising dual therapy

28 November, 2025CIR

Researchers have discovered that in chronic liver disease, not only are regulatory T cells (a type…

Wei-Yu Lu and is five lab members smiling in the internal IRR staircase in the lab, with their lab coats

Drug identified that rescues healing response in chronic wounds

12 November, 2025CIR

Researchers from the Cash lab have identified a drug that activates a special protein and improves…

Bandage being put on a patient's foot by a healthcare professional

Professor Ramachandran awarded grant to transform liver fibrosis treatments

10 November, 2025CIR

This multi-institution £3.5 million MRC grant will fund the development of a multi-organ lab model…

Headshot of Prakash Ramachandran

Potential non-hormonal treatment shows early promise for endometriosis

06 November, 2025CRH

Researchers at the Centre for Reproductive Health have carried out a clinical trial to test…

A person in a medical lab coat with a stethoscope around their neck is holding a model of a uterus

New study shows long-term effectiveness of HPV vaccine

04 November, 2025CRH

An encouraging new study confirms the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine provides strong and…

A hand wearing a medical glove holding a syringe full of yellow liquid

Gene mutation reprograms cells and tricks immune cells to promote cancer

28 October, 2025CIR

A new study has found how a single cancer-causing gene mutation (in the Ras gene) can rapidly…

Image from the paper showing fluorescent cells. Magenta-coloured magenta cells have migrated down into green-coloured skin cell tissue

How does low blood oxygen levels impair immunity?

10 October, 2025CIR

New study finds that special immune cells called neutrophils have their genetic material modified…

Device that measures blood oxygen levels on the finger of an elderly individual

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…

three molecular diagrams of reprogramming factors which look like curly squiggles with sections of tinner yellow and thicker blue

£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,…

Professor Steven Pollard in the lab