News 2021

An archive of Institute News from 2021

News listing

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Disparities in breast cancer care quality have reduced

20 December, 20212021

Regional variation in chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer across Scotland has reduced…

TestEd team awarded Principal’s Medal at winter graduation ceremony

17 December, 20212021

Professor Tim Aitman received the medal on behalf of the team for significant achievements in…

Controlled drug release in the brain

13 December, 20212021

Polymer composite with gold nanoparticles capable of localized drug production in the brain has…

Multi-omic machine learning predictor of breast cancer therapy response

09 December, 20212021

Edinburgh clinicians contributed to a study that developed new AI-based predictor of response to…

Loss of SORCS2 is Associated with Neuronal DNA Double-Strand Breaks

06 December, 20212021

A recent publication from Dr Kathy Evans’ research group in the journal Cellular and Molecular…

Prof Tim Aitman appointed as the Academy of Medical Sciences regional champion for Scotland

02 December, 20212021

Professor Tim Aitman has been appointed the Academy of Medical Sciences regional champion for…

Canine oral cancer study aims to find new treatments

01 December, 20212021

Understanding of canine melanoma could pave the way for personalised medicine and create biobank…

New advance in assessing the impact of disease-associated mutation on the function of regulatory elements

19 November, 20212021

A team of researchers led by Professor Wendy Bickmore and Dr Shipra Bhatia have defined a new…

MISpheroID – a knowledgebase and transparency tool for spheroid based research

15 November, 20212021

Edinburgh researchers are part of international team developing improved standards and practices…

Special delivery: new functions for an old friend for fast-tracking membrane components necessary to build the cell's antennae

08 November, 20212021

In a study recently published in eLife, Dr Pleasantine Mill and colleagues discover that protein…