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Philanthropic funding for research to develop new eczema treatments

01 April, 20222022

Professor Sara Brown has been awarded philanthropic funding by the Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust…

Prof Ralston awarded funding for pioneering osteoporosis research

01 April, 20222022

The Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) announced Professor Stuart Ralston as one of the successful…

Early Career Prize for Didier Devaurs

24 March, 20222022

Cross-disciplinary Fellow Didier Devaurs has received a SULSA award for his work using cutting-edge…

COVID-19 testing: disparity between national and institution-based case detection

04 March, 20222022

TestEd data suggests that public health messaging should acknowledge that reduced testing and under…

Loss of Integrin-Linked Kinase sensitizes breast cancer to SRC inhibitors

02 March, 20222022

Our researchers demonstrated that loss of Integrin-Linked Kinase sensitizes triple negative breast…

Cancer drug precursor designed to reduce toxic side effects

02 March, 20222022

Edinburgh researchers developed an orally bioavailable palladium activated 5-Fluorouracil precursor…

New scoring system could pave the way to predicting future health outcomes

01 March, 20222022

By analysing the blood of over 9000 of our volunteers, researchers may have found a new way to…

New understanding of mutation pattern holds potential for more tailored cancer treatment

10 February, 20222022

A team of researchers from the MRC Human Genetics Unit have found that the enzyme TOP1 is an…

Ovarian cancer therapy boosted by drug that slows disease’s advance

04 February, 20222022

Trametinib, currently used to treat skin and lung cancers, has been found to slow the progression…

Scientists in Scotland to get £12 million boost from Cancer Research UK

03 February, 20222022

The charity has announced that experts in Edinburgh and Glasgow - the Cancer Research UK Scotland…