Institute of Genetics and Cancer

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• Precision Medicine funding announcement

  David Hunt & Rebecca Devon

  22/05/22

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Press Release

• Science behind DecodeME points to better treatments for Covid-19

  Veronique Vitart

  14/12/20

  1 Media contribution

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• Evidence for 28 genetic disorders discovered by combining healthcare and research data

  David Hunt

  14/10/20

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Research

• Cancer Research UK and British Heart Foundation warn Prime Minister they may have to cut £200m from research funding

  Charlie Gourley

  7/07/20

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Research

• Doctors missed Alex's ovarian cancer for two years (now she's raising cash for research)

  Charlie Gourley

  9/03/20

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Scotland backs AZs Lynparza for first-line ovarian cancer maintenance

  Charlie Gourley

  11/12/19

  1 item of Media coverage

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• AstraZeneca and MSD’s Lynparza™ now available in Scotland

  Charlie Gourley

  10/12/19

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Appearance on The Sarah-Jane Mee Show

  Charlie Gourley

  9/12/19

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Edinburgh mum welcomes life-prolonging ovarian cancer drug which has given her 'new lease of life'

  Charlie Gourley

  9/12/19

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Targeted ovarian cancer drug made more widely available on the NHS in Scotland

  Charlie Gourley

  9/12/19

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Commission on Human Medicines

  David Hunt

  20/11/19

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Body's ageing process accelerated by DNA changes

  Tamir Chandra

  3/09/19

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Press Release

• DNA changes accelerate body's aging process

  Tamir Chandra

  2/09/19

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Press Release

• The science of ageing: how you can live to 120

  Wendy Bickmore

  31/03/19

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Research

• Ageing damage 'could be stopped'

  Wendy Bickmore

  15/02/19 → 18/02/19

  7 Media contributions

  Press/Media: Research

• Gene clue may help predict cancer relapse

  Andrew Sims

  21/01/19 → 23/01/19

  34 Media contributions

  Press/Media: Research

• Hair colour gene study sheds new light on roots of redheads’ locks discover Ian Jackson and Albert Tenesa

  Albert Tenesa & Ian Jackson

  14/12/18

  78 items of Media coverage

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• Scientists find new use for old antibiotic in treatment of melanoma

  Sana Sarvi

  14/11/18

  1 Media contribution

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• Cancer fighting effects of aspirin revealed in bowel tumour study

  Lesley Stark

  5/06/18 → 6/06/18

  7 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution

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• Marie Fallon says cancer patients’ pain could be eased by simple bedside chart

  Marie Fallon

  26/03/18

  6 items of Media coverage

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• Parasitic worms could hold key to fighting asthma, says Wendy Bickmore

  Wendy Bickmore

  15/12/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Anthony Busuttil comments on living conditions at Scots orphanage at heart of inquiry

  Anthony Busuttil

  17/09/17 → 13/12/17

  7 items of Media coverage

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• Pioneering researcher Malcolm Dunlop wins Scottish Cancer Foundation Prize

  Malcolm Dunlop

  20/11/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Gold flecks help direct cancer drugs towards tumours, finds Asier Unciti-Broceta

  Asier Unciti-Broceta

  6/08/17 → 30/10/17

  57 items of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Research

• Poor lifestyle choices, not genes, to blame for obesity, says Chris Harley

  Chris Haley

  7/10/17

  3 items of Media coverage

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• Gwo-Tzer Ho's research in Crohn's Colitis UK 'Power of Research'

  Gwo-Tzer Ho

  22/09/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Riccardo Marioni receives funding to research links between Alzheimer’s, genes and lifestyle

  Riccardo Marioni

  20/09/17 → 21/09/17

  2 items of Media coverage

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• Ian Jackson’s gene study probes origins of red hair using “ginger mice”

  Ian Jackson

  16/07/17 → 10/09/17

  2 items of Media coverage

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• Genetic links to male baldness revealed by Dr Riccardo Marioni and Saskia Hagenaars

  Riccardo Marioni, Saskia Hagenaars & David Hill

  14/02/17 → 6/08/17

  75 items of Media coverage

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• Karen Mackenzie discovers how DNA damage triggers natural responses to disease

  Karen Mackenzie

  26/07/17 → 2/08/17

  10 items of Media coverage

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• Much of human DNA is non-functional, says Chris Pointing

  Chris Ponting

  17/07/17 → 18/07/17

  3 items of Media coverage

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• Gwo-Tzer Ho leads team to discover key gene in bowel disorders

  Gwo-Tzer Ho

  1/05/17 → 16/05/17

  15 items of Media coverage

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• Gwo-Tzer Ho interviewed on BBC Radio Scotland Drivetime

  Gwo-Tzer Ho

  15/05/17

  1 Media contribution

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• Pleasantine Mill finds brain development gene linked to disability and infant death

  Pleasantine Mill

  14/04/17 → 25/04/17

  11 items of Media coverage

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• Prof David Cameron welcomes availability of cancer drug Kadcyla on Scottish NHS

  David Cameron

  11/04/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Gwo-Tzer Ho discusses Biomarkers in search of Precision Medicine in IBD

  Gwo-Tzer Ho

  10/01/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Dr Noor Gammoh recognised in city's Stars of the Year list for brain tumour work

  Noor Gammoh

  2/01/17

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre to receive £8m funding boost

  David Cameron & Margaret Frame

  20/12/16

  2 items of Media coverage

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• Dr Andrew Wood Impressed by DNA-editing breakthrough in brain cells

  Andrew Wood

  17/11/16 → 18/11/16

  3 items of Media coverage

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• Meet Your Social Brain

  Kristin Nicodemus

  26/04/16

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Dr Omar Albagha pinpoints process that triggers painful bone disease

  Omar Albagha

  30/10/15 → 30/10/15

  3 items of Media coverage

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• Spotlight on… Dr Arran Turnbull

  Arran Turnbull

  3/09/14

  1 Media contribution

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• Family snaps help doctors pinpoint rare genetic disorders, Prof David FitzPatrick finds

  David FitzPatrick

  15/04/14 → 24/06/14

  6 items of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Research

• Dr Andrew Jackson part of team which has created mini-brains from human skin cells

  Andrew Jackson

  20/08/13 → 27/10/13

  45 items of Media coverage

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• Hopes for new breast cancer test

  Arran Turnbull

  9/06/13

  1 Media contribution

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• Research led by Martin Taylor uncovers brain gene unique to humans

  Martin Taylor

  14/11/12 → 28/11/12

  43 items of Media coverage

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• New study into link between social deprivation and bone fractures

  Stuart Ralston

  3/11/12

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Breast cancer screening review published in The Lancet

  David Cameron

  30/10/12 → 31/10/12

  3 items of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Research

• Daily dose of aspirin linked to reduced risk of bowel cancer

  Malcolm Dunlop

  16/09/10 → 27/09/10

  13 items of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Research

• Simple blood test could be used to diagnose bowel diseases, finds Nicholas Ventham

  Nicholas Ventham

  26/11/16

  2 items of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Research