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\n \n\n \n25 January 2021
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\n \n\n \n20 January 2021
\n \n \n \nResearchers in the Simmons lab chart the embryonic origins and appearance of diverse intestinal cellular compartments, with important implications for intestinal diseases.
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\n \n\n \n6 January 2021
\n \n \n \nWe are pleased to announce that Professor Alison Simmons has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC Human Immunology Unit.
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\n \n\n \n25 November 2020
\n \n \n \nThe Drakesmith group finds that low blood serum iron levels can inhibit T-cell and B-cell immune responses to vaccines and infections.
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\n \n\n \n18 November 2020
\n \n \n \nThe Patel Group have discovered a new human disease caused by formaldehyde accumulation in cells
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\n \n\n \n8 October 2020
\n \n \n \nA 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.
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\n \n\n \n6 October 2020
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\n \n\n \n10 September 2020
\n \n \n \nNew Nature paper reveals discovery of a genetic vulnerability in nearly 10% of breast cancer tumours and how this can be targeted to selectively kill cancer cells.
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\n \n\n \n4 September 2020
\n \n \n \nNew Nature Immunology paper finds strong T cell responses in recovered COVID-19 patients
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\n \n\n \n25 August 2020
\n \n \n \nThe awardees for the second round of the University of Oxford\u2019s Enriching Engagement funding scheme have been announced, including six projects from across the Medical Sciences Division.
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\n \n\n \n9 June 2020
\n \n \n \nThe study builds on a successful collaboration and will compare T cell and antibody responses to uncover the role of \u2018background\u2019 immunity to virus strains already in circulation, including infections with similar coronaviruses.
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\n \n\n \n18 May 2020
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\n \n\n \n27 April 2020
\n \n \n \nNew collaborative research from MRC WIMM researchers and the Mommersteeg Group in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics at the University of Oxford shows that a protein called Runx1 plays a significant role in the formation of the cardiac scar that forms after the heart is injured, a scar that is known to inhibit heart regeneration. In the zebrafish, a freshwater fish known to be able to fully regenerate its heart after damage, they show that the absence of Runx1 results in enhanced regeneration. This indicates a potential new therapeutic target for heart repair.
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\n \n\n \n9 March 2020
\n \n \n \nStudy co-led by Professor KJ Patel uncovers new mechanism for DNA repair that may help protect DNA from cancer-causing rearrangements
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\n \n\n \n4 March 2020
\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that Professor KJ Patel has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine and the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit at the University of Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n25 February 2020
\n \n \n \nThe British Society for Developmental Biology medal recognises outstanding achievements in the field.
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\n \n\n \n20 February 2020
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Dr Erdinc Sezgin, who will be part of the prestigious SciLifeLab Fellowship programme and the Karolinska Institutet.
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\n \n\n \n3 February 2020
\n \n \n \nMany congratulations to Prof Anne Goriely and Prof Alison Simmons, who have both been awarded Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards.
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\n \n\n \n30 January 2020
\n \n \n \nAn immune cell is shown for the first time to be involved in creating the scar that repairs the heart after damage. The work was led by BHF CRE Intermediate Transition Research Fellow Dr Filipa Sim\u00f5es.
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\n \n\n \n21 January 2020
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Dr Simona Valletta and Dr Sarah Gooding, who were selected for the Translational Research Training in Hematology Program, a year-long training and mentoring experience by the American Society of Hematology and the European Hematology Association.
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