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\n \n\n \n26 November 2021
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\n \n\n \n25 November 2021
\n \n \n \nThe breakthrough could lead to development of new treatments for infant Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.
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\n \n\n \n24 November 2021
\n \n \n \nA new study from the Patel Group sheds light on the mechanism by which DNA damage suppresses appetite, a finding with implications for understanding the appetite lowering side-effects of chemotherapy.
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\n \n\n \n17 November 2021
\n \n \n \nThe Lymph nodE single-cell Genomics AnCestrY (LEGACY) Network will create an ethnically diverse single-cell atlas of the response to commonly used vaccines such as flu vaccines with a focus on responses in lymph nodes.
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\n \n\n \n9 November 2021
\n \n \n \nMany congratulations to Dr Frost.
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\n \n\n \n3 November 2021
\n \n \n \nThe \u2018Oxford-Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund Graduate Scholarship\u2019 based at the MRC WIMM, will commence in 2023.
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\n \n\n \n27 October 2021
\n \n \n \nProject aims to increase understanding, reduce stigma, and improve the quality of life of people living with sickle cell disease.
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\n \n \n \nMRC WIMM researchers receive award hosted by the Columbia Hospital for Women Research Foundation
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\n \n\n \n19 October 2021
\n \n \n \nMany congratulations to Dr Giulia Orlando, who has become a 2021 Leukaemia UK John Goldman Fellow.
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\n \n\n \n12 October 2021
\n \n \n \nCome down to Templars Shopping Centre on 23rd or 24th October 2021 for \u2018Science at the Shops\u2019 as part of IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival.
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\n \n\n \n4 October 2021
\n \n \n \nA study from the Fairfax lab provides new insight into the factors that determine patient response to Immune Checkpoint Blockers, a common immunotherapy treatment for melanoma.
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\n \n\n \n1 October 2021
\n \n \n \nFellows are established scholars with proven research excellence in data science, artificial intelligence (AI), or a related field.
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\n \n\n \n29 September 2021
\n \n \n \nA 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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\n \n\n \n16 September 2021
\n \n \n \nA new paper published in Cell Reports reveals that changes in the gene expression of blood stem cells occur across the human lifetime; an important step in the understanding and treatment of blood disorders.
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\n \n\n \n10 September 2021
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Dr Bethan Psaila, Dr Benjamin Fairfax, Dr Hashem Koohy, Dr Andrew Blackford and Dr Oliver Bannard who have all been awarded the title of Associate Professor in recognition of their research achievements, contribution to teaching and contributions to the Medical Sciences Division.
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\n \n\n \n27 August 2021
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\n \n\n \n28 July 2021
\n \n \n \nNew Nature paper uncovers the precise mechanism behind how the BRCA1 protein detects and engages with DNA breaks in the genome, helping to prevent the development of breast and ovarian cancers.
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\n \n\n \n10 June 2021
\n \n \n \nScientists 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.
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