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Chicken Bioreactor: Chickens Which Produce Human Proteins with Dr Lissa Herron

In this podcast episode, we interview Dr Lissa Herron from the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh on her research. Quote: "In chickens you can make human proteins that are of a…

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MRC Festival of Medical Research event - Shining a light on Genetic Disorders

MRC Festival - Shining a Light on Genetic Disorders. Tuesday 18th June 2019 IGMM

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MRC Award of £53M to MRC Human Genetics Unit at The University of Edinburgh

The MRC Human Genetics Unit has secured an MRC funding award for 5 years. This award comprises £53M for 17 scientific programmes, including training for 24 PhD students. Hear from Professor…

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Liver cancer: the impending epidemic

The number of people diagnosed with liver cancer in the UK is 10 times higher now than it was at the end of the 1970s. It continues to be seen as a cancer caused by alcoholism and a high risk…

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Epilepsy: is the genetic revolution friend or foe?

Wednesday 15th March 2017In this lecture Dr Richard FM Chin and Professor Cathy Abbott explore how rapid advances in the field of genetics has changed our understanding of the cause(s) of epilepsy…

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Breast cancer - the advent of personalised medicine

Wednesday 15th February 2017Join Dr Helen Creedon, and Professor Val Brunton where they will be exploring exciting research aimed at developing new treatment strategies, that are personalised to the…

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Inflammatory bowel disease - bench to bedside

Wednesday 16th November 2016 Join us to hear Professor Jack Satsangi, and Dr Elaine Nimmo, Centre talk about the latest research that is leading to new understanding of the ways in which our genes…

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