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Cytokines play a crucial role overseeing the correct functioning of the immune system.
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Cytokines play a crucial role overseeing the correct functioning of the immune system.
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Dr Manu De Rycker has become an Independent Investigator and has been awarded a New Investigator Research Grant of over £700k from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to study Trypanosoma cruzi parasite heterogeneity and persister parasites.
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Three spinout projects from the University of Dundee with the potential to deliver significant healthcare benefits have received more than £250,000 from Scottish Enterprise to support their development.
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Latest research led by Ignacio Moraga’s lab in the School has shown how binding affinity is key to anti-inflammatory protein Interleukin-10’s (IL-10) biological effects.
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Since the end of June, our researchers have been returning to the School of Life Sciences to restart their lab-based research. This work encompasses a diverse range of topics from microbiology to gene regulation and plant sciences to drug discovery.
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The University of Dundee’s Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) has received €5 million of funding to develop antiviral treatments for Covid-19 and future coronaviruses.
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New research uncovers part of the intricate control that takes place during the development of important members of our immune system, neutrophils.
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A University of Dundee researcher has uncovered why parasitic worm infections seem to protect people from developing asthma, paving the way for potential future treatments for the disease.
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The University of Dundee has helped establish Scotland’s central COVID-19 testing facility in support of the national response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dr Amy Lloyd from the University of Dundee has been awarded the Jean Corsan prize by the country’s leading dementia research charity
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New research has deciphered how rogue communications in blood stem cells can cause Leukaemia.
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University of Dundee researchers have shown how a natural product derived from a group of fungi that has inspired horror novels, movies and computer games works to switch on a protein known to affect cancer cells.
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Researchers in the Moraga group report the engineering of new tools to manipulate the immune response with the potential to treat human disorders.
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Researchers at the University of Dundee are aiming to make a breakthrough against tuberculosis.