Fellowship to study the effects of ageing in haematopoiesis and cancer
Many congratulations to Dr Simona Valletta, a postdoctoral research in MRC MHU, who was awarded an Intermediate Research Fellowship from the Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund.
Read moreChildhood ALL: Same same but different!
For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Dr Andi Roy explains current challenges in the treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and how research at the MRC WIMM is trying to tackle them.
Read moreSir Peter J Ratcliffe wins the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2019
Sir Peter J Ratcliffe, former MRC WIMM group leader and currently Director for the Target Discovery Institute (Nuffield Department of Medicine) and Director of Clinical Research (Francis Crick Institute, London) has today been announced as a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Read morePre-clinical study able to regrow bone in myeloma model
New research by the Drakesmith group and collaborators shows that BMP inhibitors are able to reverse the main untreatable symptom of the disease.
Read moreMRC 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.
Latest Publications
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Transcriptomic profiling of the myeloma bone-lining niche reveals BMP signalling inhibition to improve bone disease.
Gooding S. et al, (2019), Nat Commun, 10
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Muscle acetylcholine receptor conversion into chloride conductance at positive potentials by a single mutation.
Cetin H. et al, (2019), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Development of therapeutic anti-JAGGED1 antibodies for cancer therapy.
Masiero M. et al, (2019), Mol Cancer Ther
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Ataxin-3 Links NOD2 and TLR2 Mediated Innate Immune Sensing and Metabolism in Myeloid Cells.
Chapman TP. et al, (2019), Front Immunol, 10
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Discovery of a CD10 negative B-progenitor in human fetal life identifies unique ontogeny-related developmental programs.
O'Byrne S. et al, (2019), Blood
What's new
MiroBio launches with £27m from leading life sciences investors
11 October 2019
Understanding the origins of ovarian cancer
10 October 2019
Pre-clinical study able to regrow bone in myeloma model
10 October 2019
Sir Peter J Ratcliffe wins the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2019
7 October 2019
How HIV acquires its lipid membrane shell
4 October 2019
Upcoming Seminars
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Single-cell analysis of structural variations and complex rearrangements with tri-channel-processing
Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 1pm to 2pm
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Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 1.30pm to 2.30pm
Latest on the WIMM blog
Childhood ALL: Same same but different!
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