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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

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…

Girl holding up a magnifying glass

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…

Close-up photo of a woman's Hands. One holds a small white pill and the other holds a small glass of water.

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…

Dr Sofia Ferreira with her lab members outside IRR

IRR spinout Prothea starts lung cancer clinical trial

16 September, 2025CIR

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

Futuristic Medical Scan of Human Lungs with Oxygen Flow Diagram