The following news articles were published in 2024. Latest News Search Publication date Date from Date to Welcome to our 2024 Cross-disciplinary fellows 30 April, 20242024 Maria Delgado Ortet, Rodrigo García-Tejera, Svitlana Braichenko and Luciana Luque join the… New paper from Dr Kathy Evans’ research group describes a pilot drug screen for Alzheimer’s disease using human neural progenitor cells 29 April, 20242024 The recent publication in the journal Brain Communications uses a cell morphology-based imaging… Rare disease genetics reveals microtubule mechanism for ciliopathies 25 April, 20242024 Using patient cells, organoid and mouse models, Dodd et al reveal how cilia are key to how… Adjuvant pembrolizumab improves survival in high-risk clear cell renal cell cancer 19 April, 20242024 Recent results from the KEYNOTE-564 trial, an international study with its UK component led from… Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award for University of Edinburgh and Nuvectis 10 April, 20242024 University of Edinburgh and Nuvectis Pharma win Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award: April 2024 Generation Scotland halfway to recruiting 20k new volunteers 03 April, 20242024 Generation Scotland, Scotland’s largest family health study, hit an incredible 10,000 new volunteer… Research groups join forces to study the genetics of Parkinson’s disease 29 March, 20242024 The Grzegorz Kudla Research Group at the MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh will join… People living with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome share their experiences 19 March, 20242024 Kathryn Berg and Dervil Dockrell hosted the HSD/hEDS: Translating Research into Change event at the… Versus Arthritis Fellow Dr Erika Kague joins IGC 04 March, 20242024 Dr Kague will develop a research programme investigating the role of osteocytes in bone diseases Abbott Research Group hosts the first ever EEF1A2 Community Conference 01 March, 20242024 Families, researchers and clinicians from all over the world attended online for a 3-hour programme… Report makes recommendations to remove interdisciplinary research barriers 29 February, 20242024 The X-Net project – a partnership between the Universities of Edinburgh, Dundee, and Oxford –… Institute hosts Scotland Rare Disease Day Reception 29 February, 20242024 Rare Disease UK, a Genetic Alliance UK campaign to raise awareness of rare diseases, marked… Growing recognition for QuPath software led from the IGC 29 February, 20242024 QuPath’s importance for research highlighted by workshops, talks, announcements, downloads, and an… Welcoming Dr Nezha Benabdallah to the Institute of Genetics and Cancer 20 February, 20242024 Dr Nezha Benabdallah, geneticist and cancer researcher, joins the Institute of Genetics and Cancer… Carragher Lab honours Emily’s memory 19 February, 20242024 The family of a woman who died from a brain tumour aged just 31 have unveiled a plaque on the wall… Study uncovers the mechanism behind sickness and nausea that occur during pregnancy 01 February, 20242024 A new study from authors including IGC’s Professor Caroline Hayward, and using data from the… Autophagy linked to enhanced oncogenic signalling and brain tumour development 29 January, 20242024 A study shows that autophagy regulates oncogenic signalling of platelet-derived growth factor… First comprehensive molecular picture of ovarian carcinosarcoma 18 January, 20242024 A study led by our scientists provides the first comprehensive molecular picture of ovarian… 1 2 3 This article was published on 2024-09-23
