News 2021

An archive of Institute News from 2021

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Omics data suggests larger effect of smoking on body mass index than previously thought

14 September, 20212021

DNA methylation patterns linked to smoking explain ten times more variance than self-reported data:…

Hastie Career Advancement Fund Award and Early Career Awards announced

06 September, 20212021

Congratulations to Andy Badrock who has recently been awarded support from the Hastie Career…

Linking mitochondrial dysfunction to induction of the innate immune system

24 August, 20212021

Yanick Crow's team, working with clinical colleagues worldwide, and together with Ashish Dhir …

Clinical trial identifies effective adjuvant therapy for patients with kidney cancer

19 August, 20212021

KEYNOTE-564 clinical study, with important contributions from the UK that were led from Edinburgh,…

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer early detection and screening

03 August, 20212021

Dr Jonine Figueroa and international colleagues report on the impact of the Covid-19 on breast…

New genes linked to longer reproductive lifespan in women identified

02 August, 20212021

Research, including Generation Scotland volunteer data, identifies nearly 300 variations in genes…

‘We began as part of the body’ at the Edinburgh Science Festival.

02 August, 20212021

Prof Sara Brown’s recent collaboration with artist Beverley Hood appeared in an Edinburgh Science…

Fatigue in inflammatory bowel disease - PREdiCCt study data presented at ECCO 2021 congress

01 July, 20212021

Lauranne Derikx, advanced clinical research fellow in the Edinburgh Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD…

Opportunities for stratification in endometrioid ovarian carcinoma

23 June, 20212021

Edinburgh researchers used unique dataset that combines hormone receptor expression patterns with…

DNA repair pathway implicated in Cornelia de Lange syndrome

01 June, 20212021

Researchers at the MRC Human Genetics Unit found that a gene mutation associated with a CdLS like…