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Tribbles protein offers hope for tuberculosis treatment

Tuberculosis is the biggest bacterial killer worldwide. Instead of targeting the bacteria with antibiotics to combat the disease, our researchers are focusing on how our immune systems could overcome infection.

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Important step forward in stem cell therapy for rare bowel disease

Stem cell therapy could be used to treat sufferers of a rare bowel disease, a new study led by researchers at the ±¬ÁϹ«Éç and University College London (UCL), has demonstrated.
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Stem cells provide new insight into genetic pathway of childhood cancer

Scientists have discovered a new insight into the genetic pathway of childhood cancer, offering new hope for tailored treatments.
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Caroline Butcher Award 2018

Pam Ellis, Research Assistant in Catarina Henriques lab, was presented with the Caroline Butcher Award 2018 at the Bateson Centre Away Day on 4th July.

Recipe for the perfect balance of breaks and repairs in our genome could help fight cancer and brain ageing

Scientists at the ±¬ÁϹ«Éç have discovered what keeps the perfect balance of breaks and repairs in our DNA – something which could help improve the success of chemotherapy and combat neurodegeneration associated with ageing.
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25th European Drosophila Research Conference selected talk

Congratulations to Hannah Roddie from Iwan Evan’s lab who was selected to talk at the Immunity Workshop for the 25th European Drosophila Research Conference (EDRC).
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Lifecourse Biology: from development to disease and the clinic

Wednesday 13th to Friday 15th September 2017
The Edge, Endcliffe Crescent, Sheffield
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William Harvey Young Investigatory Award

Huge congratulations to Hannah Isles (Elks/Renshaw lab) who was awarded the William Harvey Young Investigator Award at the World Congress on Inflammation held in London in July.