The research, led by Professor Simón Méndez-Ferrer’s Lab at Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (CSCI), finally identified Interleukin-6 as a driver of an important switch that links the nervous system and the bone, addressing a long-standing question in the neuroscience field and providing implications for the study of bone health and function. The nervous system and its […]
A new paper from the Department of Haematology, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (CSCI) and the UK Regenerative Medicine Platform
Submitted by Laura Puhl on Mon, 07/03/2022 – 10:31 Research finds identifiers that can speed the process of in-vitro platelet production A new paper from the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (CSCI) and the UK Regenerative Medicine Platform has identified previously unknown markers of cells called megakaryocyte progenitors. This discovery will lead to better understanding of these […]
Potential Therapeutic Target Found for Rare Blood Disorder
Researchers have identified a new therapeutic target that could be critical in developing improved treatments for thrombocythaemia A new study from the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (CSCI), the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Department of Haematology at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) investigates the process of platelet production, suggesting new […]
Study finds that cancer-causing events can arise decades before symptoms occur
Genetic mutations causing a type of adult blood cancer occur in childhood or even in the womb, new research has shown. A new study from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge has traced these mutations to childhood, showing that they proliferate in the body over decades before cancer symptoms later in life. […]
BloodCounts! breakthrough in disease detection
BloodCounts! Consortium wins Trinity Challenge Prize for breakthrough in infectious disease detection BloodCounts! is an international consortium of scientists led by Professor Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb from the University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and including Dr Nicholas Gleadall from the Department of Haematology and NHS Blood and Transplant. It has been awarded […]
Brian Huntly elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Professor Brian Huntly, Head of the University of Cambridge Department of Haematology, has been announced as one of fifty new Fellows elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2021. The Academy of Medical Sciences is an independent body whose membership includes the UK’s best biomedical and health researchers. Following his election, Professor Huntly said […]
Tony Green and Elisa Laurenti recipients of 2021 ISEH Honorific Awards
Many congratulations to Professor Tony Green and Dr Elisa Laurenti who have been awarded ISEH honorific awards. Professor Green is the recipient of the 2021 Donald Metcalf Award and Dr Elisa Laurenti received the 2021 Janet Rowley Award from the International Society for Experimental Hematology. These prestigious awards acknowledge those dedicated to the advancement of […]
Severe infections wreak havoc on mouse blood cell production
Severe infections like malaria cause short and long-term damage to precursor blood cells in mice, but some damage could be reversed, find researchers. A team led by researchers from Imperial College London, The Francis Crick Institute and Professor Bertie Gottgens, PI at the Department of Haematology, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, have discovered that severe infections […]
Uncovering network control of blood cell production
Published by Dr A.G. Herrmann on Mon, 26/10/2020 Blood stem and progenitor cells are responsible for the constant production of red and white blood cells, and also platelets, with millions of these blood cells being produced every second. Disruption of this blood cell production system can lead to diseases such as leukaemia, a type of blood […]
MRC-AMED Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Initiative awards
Three collaborative projects involving the Department of Haematology have receive funding from the MRC-AMED Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Initiative. A total of eight joint awards were made by the Medical Research Agency and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) to projects focussing on regenerative medicine involving groups based in the […]
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