2025 was another impactful year for our research, as we poured over £5.5m into pioneering brain tumour projects around the world.
We also announced 16 new grants, including four Quality of Life Awards, three…
Category: 6. Health
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One Disease, Many Scores: a Comprehensive External Validation of All A
Introduction
Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a severe, life-threatening disease with considerable heterogeneity in its clinical presentation, course, and outcomes. It continues to pose a significant challenge to modern cardiovascular medicine…
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Common Virus ‘Rewires’ Intracellular Mechanisms to Promote Infection
A multicolor image of HCMV remodeling the nucleus (blue) surrounded by assembly complexes (red) and microtubules (green). Courtesy of Derek Walsh, PhD. Investigators from the laboratory of Derek Walsh, PhD, professor of
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Calcium Channels and Modulators as Potential Therapeutic Targets for C
Introduction
Calcium (Ca2⁺) channels are pivotal regulators of numerous physiological processes, including spermatogenesis and sperm functions. These specialized ion channels facilitate the influx of calcium ions across cellular membranes,…
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Princess Maxima Center Designated as IAEA Collaborating Centre in Paediatric Oncology
The IAEA has designated the Princess Máxima Center for Paediatric Oncology as a Collaborating Centre to strengthen childhood cancer care worldwide.
With the presence of Her Majesty Queen Máxima, the IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi…
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Breast Cancer: Slowing the growth of drug-resistant tumors
Cancer treatments have seen significant advancements in recent decades, but resistance to therapies – even after an initial response to treatment – remains a major challenge (Sung et al., 2021). For example, metastatic breast cancer is…
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Pharmacists Play a Growing Role in Interpreting Automated Insulin Delivery Data
Pharmacy Times: When using automated insulin delivery systems, how should clinicians interpret pump and glucose data to create an optimal, individualized treatment plan for type 2 diabetes?
Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES: It’s so…
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The twelve viruses of Christmas
Viruses, as we all know, are invisibly small things that make us sick. But is that the whole story?
Zoom in close enough and you’ll discover the complex, unseen world of viruses. Some do make us sick, but many others simply exist…
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In Liberia, a five-day vaccine push levels up protection against cervical cancer
At a glance
- 665,958 girls aged 9–18 were vaccinated against the cervical cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) during a five-day campaign conducted across Liberia in mid-November.
- Coverage with the HPV vaccine has fallen short of…
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- 665,958 girls aged 9–18 were vaccinated against the cervical cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) during a five-day campaign conducted across Liberia in mid-November.
