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Eight ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ academics are among 48 of the UK’s world leading researchers who have been elected to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

An open source, 3D-printable microscope that forms the cornerstone of rapid, automated water testing kits for use in low and middle-income countries, has helped a ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ researcher and his not-for-profit spin-out company win the top prize in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Awards at the ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ. 

¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ researchers have played a leading role in several studies released today looking at how variation in and potentially heritable changes to our DNA, known as epigenetic modifications, affect blood and immune cells, and how this can lead to disease. 

A technique for reducing the number of infectious malaria parasites in whole blood could significantly reduce the number of cases of transmission of malaria through blood transfusion, according to a collaboration between researchers in ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ, UK, and Kumasi, Ghana.

The order in which genetic mutations are acquired determines how an individual cancer behaves, according to research from the ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Miniature scaffolds made from collagen – the ‘glue’ that holds our bodies together – are being used to heal damaged joints, and could be used to develop new cancer therapies or help repair the heart after a heart attack.

New study finds links between thyroid hormones and body temperature, shedding new light on changes that occur during fevers, and euphoric feelings arising from a hot bath or sauna

A new test for blood cancers will catch many more cases than the present test that identifies only 60 per cent.

Scientists have discovered a mechanism which raises blood pressure in pre-eclampsia, a potentially deadly condition which occurs during pregnancy.

A major collaboration of UK scientists has provided an insight into the genetics underlying a number of diseases including Crohn's disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease, and type 1 diabetes. The Crohn's and type 1 research, led by ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ University scientists, has identified for the first time a gene linking these two autoimmune diseases.