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The winners of the RDM Image Competition 2017 were announced at RDM Day on Monday 6th March - and the WIMM swept the board!
Seven in ten patients hospitalised with COVID-19 not fully recovered five months after discharge
COVID-19 MRC HIU NDM
30 March 2021
Early animal studies yield promising results for new potential COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19 MRC HIU RDM
25 January 2021
New study maps the development of the human intestine
MRC HIU RDM
20 January 2021
Researchers in the Simmons lab chart the embryonic origins and appearance of diverse intestinal cellular compartments, with important implications for intestinal diseases.
MRC HIU appoints new Director
MRC HIU RDM
6 January 2021
We are pleased to announce that Professor Alison Simmons has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC Human Immunology Unit.
Study uncovers how low blood iron diminishes immune response
MRC HIU NDM RDM
25 November 2020
The Drakesmith group finds that low blood serum iron levels can inhibit T-cell and B-cell immune responses to vaccines and infections.
Interferon-b trial shows positive results
COVID-19 MRC HIU NDM
16 November 2020
A trial of a new inhaled antiviral drug for COVID-19 has shown positive results and the drug is now moving into a larger international phase 3 trial of hospitalised patients. MRC HIU's Professor Ling-Pei Ho is one of the main co-authors on the paper.
Role-playing computer game helps players understand how vaccines work on a global scale
Centre for Computational Biology MRC HIU RDM
8 October 2020
A free game launched today allows players to role-play the deployment of a virtual vaccine to help to halt the global spread of a viral pandemic.
Persistent immune memory of COVID-19 found in recovered patient T cells
COVID-19 MRC HIU NDM RDM
4 September 2020
New Nature Immunology paper finds strong T cell responses in recovered COVID-19 patients
How do invasive Salmonella isolates evade immune responses?
MRC HIU
24 August 2020
Researchers have identified a mechanism by which multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium strains evade immune system detection. The strains recently emerged in sub-Saharan Africa and are a major cause of ill-health and death in the region. Harnessing this mechanism may offer a therapeutic strategy to improve immunity
Study maps role CD8 T cells play in IBD
MRC HIU NDM
5 August 2020
Researchers from the MRC-Human Immunology Unit, supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, have used an ‘atlas’ of immune cells in the human colon to find evidence of the role of CD8 T cells in inflammatory bowel disease. The findings could pave the way for more targeted treatments for this chronic disorder.
How studying anti-viral immune responses led to a discovery about cancer
MRC HIU
22 July 2020
Researchers at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine have recently discovered why a class of cancer drugs is beneficial only in a subset of patients. The results could pave the way for the future development of these drugs, known as PNP-inhibitors, as personalised medicines.
Uncovering immune responses in COVID-19 patients
COVID-19 MRC HIU NDM
7 July 2020
A new study finds T cell immune response variation in recovered COVID-19 patients, including epitopes potentially important for vaccine design.
MRC WIMM researchers part of ground-breaking new study into long-term health impacts of coronavirus
COVID-19 MRC HIU NDM
6 July 2020
A major UK research study into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 on hospitalised patients has been launched.
Oxford-Sri Lanka study to compare COVID-19 immune response
COVID-19 MRC HIU RDM
9 June 2020
The study builds on a successful collaboration and will compare T cell and antibody responses to uncover the role of ‘background’ immunity to virus strains already in circulation, including infections with similar coronaviruses.
Coronavirus immune research from MRC HIU on BBC Radio 4
MRC HIU NDM
10 March 2020
Professor of Immunology Tao Dong from the MRC Human Immunology Unit (MRC HIU) appeared on BBC Radio 4’s The World This Weekend to discuss her group’s coronavirus research.
MRC HIU postdoc establishes new research group in Sweden
MRC HIU RDM
20 February 2020
Congratulations to Dr Erdinc Sezgin, who will be part of the prestigious SciLifeLab Fellowship programme and the Karolinska Institutet.
Two new Wellcome Investigator Awards at the MRC WIMM
MRC HIU NDM RDM
3 February 2020
Many congratulations to Prof Anne Goriely and Prof Alison Simmons, who have both been awarded Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards.
Professor Vincenzo Cerundolo FRS 1959-2020
MRC HIU RDM
7 January 2020
It is with profound sadness that we learnt of the death of Professor Vincenzo Cerundolo FRS.