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« Back to NewsSynthetic peptides mimic anti-inflammatory properties of tick saliva chemicals
19 September 2023
CVM Department General Publication Research
Short peptides derived from anti-inflammatory ‘evasins’ released by ticks could be used to develop new treatments for anti-inflammatory disease.
Clinical trial investigating potential investigational treatment for relief of fatigue in people with long COVID reports results
14 April 2023
COVID-19 research CVM Department General Publication Research
Research led by Associate Professor Betty Raman finds positive results from a Phase 2 clinical trial of an investigational treatment against long COVID fatigue.
Exercise in young adults with high blood pressure alters blood vessel structure in the brain
10 February 2023
CCRF CVM Department General Publication Research
Exercise changes internal carotid artery size, even when blood pressure is not lowered.
New study reveals role of lymphatic system in bone healing
19 January 2023
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM Publication Research
Bones were thought to lack lymphatic vessels, but new research from the Kusumbe Group published in Cell not only locates them within bone tissue, but demonstrates their role in bone and blood cell regeneration and reveals changes associated with aging.
Novel all-in-one vaccine developed to tackle future coronavirus threats
6 July 2022
COVID-19 research HIU COVID-19 research MRC HIU MRC WIMM Publication Research
Up to $30 million in funding has been announced by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to bring a new nanoparticle vaccine offering protection against a range of coronaviruses to clinical trial.
Researchers find genetic ‘fingerprints’ of ancient migrations in modern-day United Arab Emirates
28 February 2022
CVM Department General Publication Research
A team of geneticists and archaeologists have analysed the fine-scale genetic structure and ancestry of nearly 1200 people from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and found genetic traces of population mixing spanning thousands of years.
Study reveals ‘stop-eating’ response to DNA damage
24 November 2021
Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS Publication Research
A new study from the Patel Group sheds light on the mechanism by which DNA damage suppresses appetite, a finding with implications for understanding the appetite lowering side-effects of chemotherapy.
Major research network to investigate body clock and stroke
27 October 2021
Department General IMD OCDEM Publication Research
The University of Oxford is part of a new international research network to investigate the interactions between the biology of the body's internal clock and the disordered physiological processes associated with stroke.
Changes in blood cell production over the human lifetime may hold clues to patterns of disease
16 September 2021
Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS OCH Publication Research
A new paper published this week in Cell Reports reveals that changes in the gene expression of blood stem cells occur across the human lifetime; an important step in the understanding and treatment of blood disorders.