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We collaborate with the NHS and industry towards rapid translation of discoveries from the laboratory to patients.
We are committed to developing new technologies for current scientific problems to progress global health.
New atlas revealed of bone marrow haematopoiesis during development
A new study published this week in Nature, provides the most detailed analysis so far of the prenatal development of blood and immune cells in the bone marrow.
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DNA breakthrough could help identify why some people are more affected by Covid-19
10 June 2021
Scientists from the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine have developed a method that allows them to see, with far greater accuracy, how DNA forms large scale structures within a cell nucleus.
MRC Human Immunology Unit
Human immunology and the development of treatments against infectious diseases, cancer, allergy and autoimmune disease.
MRC Molecular Haematology Unit
Understanding how mature blood cells are normally made from stem cells and how this is perturbed in common blood disorders.
Centre for Computational Biology
Using computational biology to help understand complex biological systems and combat a range of human diseases.