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Beyond cancer dependency maps: the PRECISE vision

Dr Sumana Sharma is one of the founding partners of a major new pan-European initiative that aims to transform how scientists identify and target cancer's weaknesses, moving beyond simply mapping cancer vulnerabilities towards predicting them before they are experimentally tested.

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Translating Our Research

Leading research with the aim of improving human health. World-leading research from scientists at the MRC WIMM has been developed into commercial ventures to translate our discoveries into clinics and benefit patients.

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The MRC WIMM Green Impact team with the Gold Green Impact award.

MRC WIMM achieves Gold Green Impact award

Congratulations to the Institute's Green Impact team, who achieved Gold in the University of Oxford's 2026 Green Impact awards.

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Research at the MRC WIMM spans 5 core areas.

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MRC WIMM Research Areas

Research at the MRC WIMM spans 5 core areas.

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New personalised therapy targets chronic blood cancer

A new form of CAR T cell therapy has been designed to find and destroy the cancer-driving cells responsible for a group of blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), while leaving healthy blood cells unharmed, according to a new study led by UCL and University of Oxford researchers.

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The MRC WIMM's core mission is to improve human health through the pursuit of fundamental research, the development of new technology, and the translation of discoveries to the clinic.

Discover. Translate. Advance.

The MRC WIMM's core mission is to improve human health through the pursuit of fundamental research, the development of new technology, and the translation of discoveries to the clinic.

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MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit

Pioneering the future in the study of human immunity to uncover the molecular pathways driving immune-mediated diseases.

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MRC Molecular Haematology Unit

Understanding how mature blood cells are normally made from stem cells and how this is perturbed in common blood disorders.

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Centre for Computational Biology

Using computational biology to help understand complex biological systems and combat a range of human diseases.

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Latest publications

The effect of cohesin mutations on HLA-class II expression in the myeloid leukemia of Down syndrome.

Boucher AC. et al, (2026), Leukemia

Magrolimab Plus Azacitidine Versus Placebo Plus Azacitidine in Patients With Untreated Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes: The Phase III ENHANCE Study.

Sallman DA. et al, (2026), J Clin Oncol

The challenge and promise of studying human antigen-specific T cells.

Farrar S. et al, (2026), Nat Rev Immunol

Transcriptomic analysis of tissue-resident memory T cells of the fallopian tube reveals a precursor immune surveillance network for ovarian cancer prevention.

Wang L. et al, (2026), Nat Commun

Thalassaemia.

Piel FB. et al, (2026), Nat Rev Dis Primers, 12

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Upcoming Seminars

T cell cytotoxicity revisited - a novel modality to kill

Monday, 27 July 2026, 1.15pm to 2.15pm

Speaker(s): Professor Christina Zielinski, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge

Protein-protein interaction networks of leukemia

Tuesday, 01 September 2026, 1pm to 2pm

Speaker(s): Akhihiko Yokoyama

Series: Molecular Haematology Unit

Therapeutic targeting of epigenetic enzymes in haematological malignancies

Tuesday, 22 September 2026, 1pm to 2pm

Speaker(s): Professor Tim Somervaille

Series: Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

TBC

Tuesday, 06 October 2026, 1pm to 2pm

Speaker(s): Inigo Martincorena (Wellcome Sanger Institute)

Series: Molecular Haematology Seminar Series

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