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At the start of Diabetes Week, Professor Helen Colhoun talks about her research into diabetes and the complications of the condition, using large data sets to understand trends, test the effectiveness & safety of new drugs and inform policy. Watch here: edin.ac/49NmWwb
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Pat Brogan is a patient on the EMITT-1 trial which has found that using a new drug in conjunction with immunotherapy can shrink tumours by at least 30% or keep them stable in people with six different advanced and hard-to-treat cancers. Read more 👉 edin.ac/436rWIH
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A trial involving IGC researchers Karen Taylor and @peterhall001.bsky.social has found many people with breast cancer can safely avoid chemotherapy with the use of a gene test, potentially sparing them unnecessary side effects without increasing the risk of the cancer returning. edin.ac/3PyrRKH
Congratulations to @edinnovations.bsky.social Entrepreneur-in-Residence Jeff Wright who won the Impact Enabler award at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social's Impact Festival for his work on the Viking Genes project, led by Jim Wilson, which received significant funding from our MRC Human Genetics Unit.
On World Blood Cancer Day, we're sharing this video by @anetamikulasova.bsky.social, talking about her research into Multiple Myeloma - one of three types of blood cancer.
Watch here 👉 edin.ac/4wS0CeC
Find out how to support her research here 👉 edin.ac/4dJOdkk
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The SOLVE consortium, a group of researchers from across the UK - including at IGC, has been awarded £3m by Arthritis UK to understand why the current ‘one size fits all’ approach to osteoarthritis (OA) is not working. Read more 👉 edin.ac/4fkI9RV
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📢 The recording from the second PRIME research webinar is now available on our YouTube channel!
🔗 Watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMlM...
Register for the PRIME International Symposium to explore emerging ME/CFS research with researchers, clinicians, charities and people with lived experience.
🗓️ 28 Sept 9am-29 Sept 2pm
Find out more and register here 👇
www.actionforme.org.uk/register-for...
Cell therapy for liver disease shows long-term benefits 💉
The 4 year follow up of the groundbreaking MATCH clinical trial, led by Professor Stuart Forbes, shows long-term benefits of macrophage cell therapy in patients
regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/cell-therapy...
New publication:
A unifying model of stem cell dynamics explains age-related methylation patterns across mammals
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www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The 4 year follow up of the MATCH clinical trial shows long-term benefits of macrophage cell therapy in patients
Researchers across the UK will join forces in a groundbreaking study to find out how biological factors, social factors and life events influence osteoarthritis (OA).
edin.ac
Professor Helen Colhoun Institute of Genetics and Cancer.
Early results from a global clinical trial show that using a new pill with immunotherapy can shrink tumours by at least 30% or keep them stable in people with six different advanced and hard-to-treat ...
IGC Research in a Nutshell. Dr Aneta Mikulasova.Institute of Genetics and Cancer, The University of Edinburgh.(Epi)genomic Instability in Multiple Myeloma.
Many people with breast cancer can safely avoid chemotherapy with the use of a gene test, potentially sparing them unnecessary side effects without increasing the risk of the cancer returning, a large...
A parsimonious model of stem cell dynamics describes how DNA methylation changes arise and propagate with age, unifying diverse epigenetic aging patterns and suggesting that stem cell dynamics are a k...
