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Dr Christopher Lucas trades places with politicians for Royal Society Pairing Scheme 2025

26 March, 2025CIR

IRR Clinical Scientist, Dr Christopher Lucas, is stepping into the world of politics for a week,…

Chris Lucas headshot and The Royal Society logo

Beyond the standard: Unconventional vertebrate models in biomedicine

24 March, 2025CIR

The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) are offering a workshop (9-13 June) which…

Illustration of Unusual Animal Models e.g. spiny mouse and bat

Launch of biotech company Forth Tx to transform fibrosis treatments

18 March, 2025CIR

Forth Therapeutics (Forth Tx), a new spinout from The University of Edinburgh Institute for…

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Mothers welcome vaccine to protect unborn babies from RSV bronchiolitis

11 March, 2025CIR

Expectant mothers in the United Kingdom have welcomed a new vaccine that helps protect unborn…

injection drawing from rsv vaccine

Centre champions change for people with rare respiratory disease

28 February, 2025

On Rare Disease Day 2025 we are highlighting the work of the LifeArc Centre for Rare Respiratory…

the silhouettes of two people looking at each other. One person is holding a stethoscope.

Genetic avatars identify new therapy for liver cancer

21 February, 2025

A discovery by Scottish scientists could finally offer hope to patients with a particularly hard to…

A microscopy image showing tumour cells stained with fluorescent dye.

Research identifies new molecule to improve blood cell production in the laboratory

17 February, 2025

Research from the Fidanza Lab at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine describes a new system to…

a grid of microscope images showing cells tagged with a fluorescent protein present or absent with different expression.

New Research Centre in Scotland brings hope to brain cancer patients

30 January, 2025CRM

A ground breaking new research centre dedicated to developing new treatments for brain tumours has…

Patients, Families, Supporters and Scientists at the launch of the Scottish Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence

AI software tool aims to use high street eye tests to spot dementia risk

21 January, 2025CRM

Data scientists and clinical researchers are working with high street opticians for the first time…

Researcher Baljean Dhillon looking happy holding a large 3D model of an eyeball. He is wearing a green lab coat and is standing at a workbench in a laboratory

Promising new cell therapy for liver disease shows positive results

10 January, 2025CRM CIR

A groundbreaking trial has found that a new cell-based therapy could offer hope to people suffering…

A scientific diagram showing how cell therapy using macrophages interacts with other cells in the liver