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Researchers discover how immune cells hunt down cancer around the body

Scientists have discovered the key features of immune B cells which make them successful at targeting tumours - including when cancer has spread to a different part of the body.

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The potential of the R21/Matrix vaccine to redefine malaria prevention

Researchers from the Jenner Institute at NDM will present new exciting data on the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine during the 8th Pan-African Malaria Conference, in collaboration with the Rwandan Ministry of Health and the Rwanda Biomedical Centre.

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Developing the world's first lung cancer vaccine

Researchers at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, the Francis Crick Institute and University College London have been granted £1.7 million of funding from Cancer Research UK and the CRIS Cancer Foundation to develop a lung cancer vaccine. The group includes Professor Tim Elliott, Kidani Professor of Immuno-oncology at NDM.

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Ground-breaking study reveals how COVID-19 vaccines prevent severe disease

3D illustration of a male body fighting and beating red Covid virus

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Latest News

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BSI Oxford Immunology Symposium 2025

13 January 2025

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New episode of To Immunity and Beyond: Optimising CAR-T cell sensitivity by engineering matched extracellular sizes between CAR/antigen and CD2/CD58 adhesion complexes

10 January 2025

Reversing resistance to cancer immune therapy with antibodies

16 December 2024

Researchers provide a perspective on mapping the bone marrow using new spatial transcriptomic technologies

13 December 2024

Trial results for first vaccine against blood-stage malaria show it is well-tolerated and offers effective protection

10 December 2024

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First new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years

2 December 2024

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Upcoming Talks

International partnership for health research in Africa: The Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro

Wednesday, 22 January 2025, 12pm to 1pm
Transient cell-in-cell structures underlies tumour relapse and escape from immunotherapy

Wednesday, 22 January 2025, 2pm to 3pm
Membrane prewetting by condensates promotes tight-junction belt formation

Thursday, 23 January 2025, 11am to 12pm
Listen to Heme! You are exhausted

Monday, 27 January 2025, 12pm to 1pm
Imaging lung lymphatics in inflammation and metastatic cancer

Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 1.30pm to 2.30pm
The prebiotic origin of RNA nucleosides and translation

Thursday, 30 January 2025, 11am to 12pm

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Latest publications

Dominant negative variants in ITPR3 impair T cell Ca2+ dynamics causing combined immunodeficiency.
Blanco E. et al, (2025), J Exp Med, 222
Biomarkers of vaccine safety and efficacy in vulnerable populations: Lessons from the fourth international precision vaccines conference
Amodio D. et al, (2025), Vaccine, 43
Intriguing astrocyte responses in CA1 to reduced and rehabilitated masticatory function: Dorsal and ventral distinct perspectives in adult mice
Castro MML. et al, (2025), Archives of Oral Biology, 169, 106097 - 106097
The Evolution of Nucleic Acid-Based Diagnosis Methods from the (pre-)CRISPR to CRISPR era and the Associated Machine/Deep Learning Approaches in Relevant RNA Design.
Chakraborty SS. et al, (2025), 2847, 241 - 300

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