Biomedical Research Centre news

Funding to develop immunotherapy for childhood sarcomas

18 Dec 2015, 1:01 p.m.

Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) supported Professor John Anderson has been awarded funding from Children with Cancer UK to investigate new immunotherapy approaches for childhood sarcomas.

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World first use of gene-edited immune cells to treat ‘incurable’ leukaemia

10 Nov 2015, 2:18 p.m.

A new treatment that uses ‘molecular scissors’ to edit genes and create designer immune cells programmed to hunt out and kill drug resistant leukaemia has been used at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

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Research suggests need for long-term follow-up for patients with Kawasaki Disease

9 Sep 2015, 4:57 p.m.

Kawasaki disease is a rare condition that causes blood vessels to become inflamed and swollen. It predominantly occurs in children under the age of five. If left untreated, it results in balloon-like swellings (aneurysms) in the coronary vessels of approx

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How to purify photoreceptors from retina grown in a dish

9 Sep 2015, 4:54 p.m.

Work recently published in Stem Cells has shown that photoreceptor cells can be grown and purified in the lab before being transplanted into a mature host retina. This research, led by BRC-supported Professor Jane Sowden, suggests that cell replacement th

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Clinical trial for a new stem-cell based therapy for a rare skin condition proves promising

9 Sep 2015, 4:52 p.m.

Promising findings from a trial for a new stem-cell based therapy for a rare skin condition have been published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. The study, which involved intravenous injections of stem-cells, has led to an improvement in the q

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