Research unpicks why immune responses decrease with age
Study reveals what happens to blood cell production during the ageing process, which could help identify new therapeutic targets.
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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.
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Using computational biology to help understand complex biological systems and combat a range of human diseases.
Latest Publications
Evolutionary analysis of the most polymorphic gene family in falciparum malaria.
Otto TD. et al, (2019), Wellcome Open Res, 4
An ontogenetic switch drives the positive and negative selection of B cells.
Xu X. et al, (2020), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 117, 3718 - 3727
Analysis of DNA Interstrand Cross-Links and their Repair by Modified Comet Assay.
Swift LP. et al, (2020), 2119, 79 - 88
Discovery of a CD10-negative B-progenitor in human fetal life identifies unique ontogeny-related developmental programs.
O'Byrne S. et al, (2019), Blood, 134, 1059 - 1071
ATR-16 syndrome: mechanisms linking monosomy to phenotype.
Babbs C. et al, (2020), J Med Genet, 57, 414 - 421
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Research unpicks why immune responses decrease with age
27 November 2020
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