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Liver study pinpoints cell that helps healing process

03 May, 2024

A type of cell responsible for repairing damaged liver tissue has been uncovered for the first time…

Positive trial results for inflammation drug

25 April, 2024

Biotechnology spinout company Kynos Therapeutics has announced positive results from its first in…

CIR researchers leading national centre to tackle rare lung diseases

23 April, 2024

A £9.4 million collaborative research centre will accelerate improved tests, treatments and…

CIR colleagues elected to Royal Society of Edinburgh

11 April, 2024

David Dockrell, Hamish Simpson, Lorna Marson, Marc Vendrell and Neil Carragher from CIR have been…

Spinout tech firm to focus on lung cancer

09 April, 2024

Lung cancer could be spotted and treated more quickly thanks to a €12 million investment in cutting…

Mini-MUSIC: A successful example of paediatric patient-informed translational research

25 March, 2024

The Mini-MUSIC research study into paediatric-onset IBD (PIBD) has received funding and approval…

Edinburgh Molecular Mechanisms Cluster (EMMC) launches

25 March, 2024

A new centre will aim to identify thge molecular mechanisms linking genetics and disease.

u-CARE exhibit accepted to Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

27 February, 2024

The u-CARE research group, which sits within the Centre for Inflammation Research, has been…

IRR South building opened by The Princess Royal

19 January, 2024

Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, has opened the…

Critical care trial hoping for first participant involvement this winter

10 January, 2024

CIR researchers have opened the first precision medicine trial of critically ill patients in the UK…