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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…

Two fluorescent microscopy images of cancer cells with drug VT-107 (left) causing less YAP activity inside the cell nucleus (magenta), with minimal impact on cell shape (green), compared to dasatinib drug (right).

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…

Headshot of Rahul Kalla

New jab protects babies from serious lung infection, study shows

21 July, 2025CIR

Vaccination of pregnant women has been linked to a drop in newborns being admitted to hospital with…

injection drawing from rsv vaccine

AI boosts eye disease prediction

15 July, 2025

A combination of routine eye scans and AI has created a powerful new way for measuring short-…

Retinal scan

New study investigates miscarriage prevention guidance

08 July, 2025CRH

Researchers from the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh are looking into the use of…

Dr Andrea Woolner and Dr Colin Duncan

‘IRR Research in a Flash’ celebrates curiosity, community, and collaboration

04 July, 2025CIR CRH CRM

The IRR hosted a fast-paced, fun, and inspiring hour of science that brought people together from…

Presentations of 4 speakers, split into 4 blocks

IRR researcher receives funding to stop early form of breast cancer becoming invasive

03 July, 2025CRH

Dr Takanori Kitamura has been awarded over £260,000 from charity Breast Cancer Now to look for new…

Three researchers stand in a lab wearing lab coats. They are all smiling at the camera

Honorary membership for intensive care researcher Professor Kenneth Baillie

02 July, 2025CIR

The Intensive Care Society has awarded Honorary Membership to IRR Group Leader Professor Kenneth…

Kenny Bailley headshot

New guidelines for fertility preservation for boys undergoing chemotherapy

01 July, 2025CRH

Professor Rod Mitchell presented the recommendations at the European Society of Human Reproduction…

Professorr Rod Mitchell is speaking to an audience from behind a lectern with his name on it. Behind him to the left are two women at a moderator's table, and his slides are very large behind him.

One immune cell, two different roles in liver injury and repair

30 June, 2025CIR

IRR PhD researcher Jennifer Cartwright and colleagues, have shown that immune cells called ‘…

paracetamol pills on a table, in the shape of a liver