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\n \n 8 October 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAn Oxford University spinout led by RDM's Professor Charlambos Antoniades utilises standard CT scans to identify a potentially fatal build-up of plaques that could trigger a heart attack.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Robson from the MRC Weatherall Instititute of Molecular Medicine explains how a genetic mutation leads to haemochromatosis, where people have too much iron.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from our Department led by Prof Paul Leeson, in collaboration with researchers from Canada and the Universities of Bristol and London, have used advanced magnetic resonance imaging to investigate whether factors such as blood pressure, fitness, smoking and alcohol intake during young adult life are associated with changes in the blood vessels inside the brain.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProf Charalambos Antoniades, working with colleagues in Erlangen, Germany and at the Cleveland Clinic, USA, have developed a new technology based on analysis of computed tomography (CT) coronary angiograms that can flag patients at risk of deadly heart attacks years before they occur.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Professor Leanne Hodson (Professor of Metabolic Physiology), Professor Adam Mead (Professor of Haematology) Professor Gary Ford (Professor of Stroke Medicine) and Professor Damian Tyler (Professor of Physiological Metabolism) who were all awarded the title of full professor in the recent Recognition of Distinction.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessors Deborah Gill and Stephen Hyde, together with their UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium partners, have teamed up with Boehringer Ingelheim and Oxford Biomedica to develop gene therapy for cystic fibrosis.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nNew proposals published today by MRC HIU suggest that iron supplements on their own are not enough to efficiently tackle this disease.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe study led by MRC WIMM researchers as part of an international team aims to understand what happens when patients stop responding to treatment.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nComputational Biologist Stephen Taylor and his team were awarded an Innovation grant to develop a software package that allows researchers to use virtual reality for scientific research and public engagement.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA collaborative study between the Kennedy Institute and MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (MRC WIMM) identifies a new pathway that limits the severity of inflammatory skin disease.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Prof Rury Holman has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Diabetes Research Award by the American Diabetes Association.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWork by researchers at MRC HIU zeroes in on the mechanisms by which T cells respond to Salmonella infections.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe recommendations result from research by Prof Irene Roberts and Prof Paresh Vyas, published today in the British Journal of Haematology.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA unique opportunity to take part in an engaging programme of conferences, retreats and seminars to explore cross disciplinary topics.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA workshop for local teachers explored practical activities on microscopy and immunology that aim to enrich the delivery of the science curriculum.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Layal Liverpool, a student at the MRC Human Immunology Unit who was awarded a prestigious British Science Association (BSA) media fellowship.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMany congratulations to the Director of our MRC Human Immunology Unit for this prestigious honour recognizing his pioneering work on T cell immunology.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMany congratulations to Dr Emmanouela Repapi and Dr Dominic Waithe, who will be based in the MRC WIMM Centre for Computational Biology.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new paper published in The Lancet Psychiatry sets out principles for responsibly testing innovative treatments for severe depression, based on treating more than 100 patients with approximately 1,000 infusions of ketamine over six years in Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce Professor Fredrik Karpe has been awarded a 5 year programme grant from the British Heart Foundation.
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