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Key insights into the underlying mechanisms behind Type 2 diabetes
Ashcroft Group News Postdoctoral Publication Research
12 June 2019
Research led by Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dr Elizabeth Haythorne and published in Nature Communications sheds light on a vicious cycle that causes specialised cells to fail in their function to maintain healthy bloody sugar levels.
Critical link revealed between iron deficiency and a serious cardiovascular condition
Cardiac Theme Lakhal-Littleton Group News Publication Research
3 June 2019
A new discovery from the Lakhal-Littleton Group on how iron deficiency affects the vasculature of the lung could hold the key to improving treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
New research advances our understanding of vascular development
Postdoctoral Publication Research Stone Group News
23 May 2019
Dr Oliver Stone’s paper “Paraxial mesoderm is the major source of lymphatic endothelium” published in Developmental Cell reveals the earliest known step in the formation of the lymphatic vasculature.
New guidelines available for controlling pH in cell culture systems could improve reproducibility in numerous experiments
Cell Physiology Postdoctoral Publication
9 May 2019
Preparing media for tissue culture, but not sure how to get it to the right pH? Worried about pH changes during your incubations? DPAG Group publishes recommendations for best practice in controlling and managing pH under culture conditions.
Rhys Evans co-authors bestselling guide to human metabolism and metabolic regulation
Publication Research
9 May 2019
The revised and updated "Human Metabolism: A Regulatory Perspective" offers a new and integrated review of metabolism and metabolic regulation, where difficult concepts are explained in clear and concise terms to provide an accessible and essential guide to the topic.
New way to target and treat the leading genetic contributor to Parkinson's
OPDC News Publication Research Wade-Martins Group News
2 May 2019
The Wade-Martins Group has identified how the dysfunction of a key protein, LRRK2, causes the neurons affected in Parkinson's to lose their ability to effectively clear out cell components that have been damaged. This discovery has enabled the team to find a new way to target and correct this issue, paving the way for a potential new clinical treatment.
OPDC research sheds light on the greatest known genetic contributor to Parkinson's
OPDC News Postdoctoral Publication Research Wade-Martins Group News
11 April 2019
A new study from OPDC Career Development Fellow Natalie Connor-Robson investigates how mutations in the gene LRRK2, which are known to cause Parkinson’s, affect normal cell function.
New insight uncovered into one of the most important features of hearing
Integrative Neuroscience Publication Research
4 April 2019
Dr Kerry Walker and her team help us to better understand how we perceive pitch, a feature of hearing critical to recognising communication through sound, such as speech and music.
Sleep and ageing: two sides of one coin?
CNCB Publication Research
25 March 2019
The Miesenböck Group have discovered a brain process common to sleep and ageing in research that could pave the way for new treatments for insomnia.
Striking new evidence into the cause of the most common type of birth defect in babies
Cardiac Theme Publication Research
1 March 2019
Dr Duncan Sparrow has published a new paper in collaboration with the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute entitled "Gene-environment interaction impacts on heart development and embryo survival."
New OPDC research on neurons grown from skin samples reveals key molecular changes in people with Parkinson's Disease
OPDC News Publication Research
28 February 2019
New research widens our understanding of social influence bias in children
Publication Research
1 February 2019
Kristine Krug and her team have shown how neurotypical and autistic children develop different susceptibility to social influence.
De Val Group research published in Nature Communications advances our knowledge of vascular development
De Val Group News Publication Research
31 January 2019
Sarah De Val's paper "Venous Identity Requires BMP Signalling Through ALK3" reveals a major player in establishing vein identity.
Pioneering research from The Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre published in Cell Stem Cell
OPDC News Publication Research Wade-Martins Group News
29 November 2018
The research, funded by Parkinson's UK, reveals that an experimental drug, tasquinimod, originally developed for prostate cancer, may have the potential to treat Parkinson's disease.
Glitsch Group research identifying an important protein that could detect the pathological changes leading to disease published in Current Biology
Publication Research
22 November 2018
The Glitsch Group's paper "Coincidence Detection of Membrane Stretch and Extracellular pH by the Proton-Sensing Receptor OGR1 (GPR68)" reveals how the activity of the OGR1 protein may be a crucial factor in the progression of certain diseases
Fish genes hold key to repairing damaged hearts
Cardiac Theme Mommersteeg Group News Publication Research
20 November 2018
The Mexican tetra fish can repair its heart after damage. Key British Heart Foundation funded research from the Mommersteeg Group, published in Cell Reports and entitled "Heart regeneration in the Mexican cavefish" suggests that a particular gene may hold the key to this inherent ability. If they can lock down exactly how this works, it may be possible to revolutionise how we heal damaged human hearts.
Waddell Group Research Published in Cell
CNCB Publication Research
31 October 2018
The Waddell Group's paper "Integration of Parallel Opposing Memories Underlies Memory Extinction" has been published in Cell.
Professor Molnár and team of international researchers demonstrate effects of the Zika virus
Molnar Group News Publication Research
28 August 2018
Drug could aid recovery after a heart attack
Heather Group News Publication Research
28 August 2018
Drugs currently in Phase III clinical trials could be repurposed to help people with diabetes recover after a heart attack