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article News story: Vitamin D supplements do not prevent bone fractures in children
1, December , 2023

A major clinical trial led by Queen Mary University of London and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that vitamin D supplements do not increase bone strength or prevent bone fractures in children with vitamin D deficiency. The findings challenge widely held perceptions relating to the effects of vitamin D on bone health.

article News story: Queen Mary staff recognised in the King’s New Year Honours list
29, December , 2023

Queen Mary University of London is proud to congratulate Professor Rupert Pearse who has been recognised with an OBE for services to intensive care medicine in the 2024 New Year Honours list.  

Robert Hill with Kate Thornton CEng CSci FIMMM, President of IOM3 article News story: Professor Robert Hill wins major prize for research and innovation in biomedical materials
19, December , 2023

Professor of Physical Sciences in Relation to Dentistry, Robert Hill, has been awarded the Chapman Medal by the Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining. This prestigious award was presented to him for his distinguished research and innovation in the field of biomedical materials.

article News story: A breath of fresh air: narrowing the inequality divide in public health
17, December , 2023

Professor Jonathan Grigg, Professor of Paediatric Respiratory and Environmental Medicine at Queen Mary University of London  In the face of political rumblings and media attention, the expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has sparked fractious debate around tackling vehicle emissions. But the science speaks for itself – the effects of air pollution on our health (and particularly the health of our children) is devastating.  

article News story: Queen Mary’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry receives Athena Swan Gold Award
14, December , 2023

Queen Mary University of London’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (FMD) has received an Athena Gold Swan Award, recognising its significant progression and achievements in gender equality in medicine. The FMD is one of seven faculties in the UK to receive a Gold Award.

article News story: Queen Mary’s Professor Thomas Powles in Nature’s global list of ‘the ten people who shaped science in 2023’
14, December , 2023

Professor Tom Powles, cancer researcher at Queen Mary and physician, is recognised for leading a transformative clinical trial for the treatment of severe bladder cancer.

article News story: New digital education partnership opens the doors of opportunity for Indian doctors
11, December , 2023

The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London has joined forces with the OC Academy, an Indian-based upskilling online platform for medical professionals, to offer online Postgraduate Diploma programmes in India.

article News story: Professor Edel O’Toole awarded triennial Moxon Medal by Royal College of Physicians
6, December , 2023

This prestigious award is given to individuals who have produced distinguished observation and research in clinical medicine. Professor O’Toole is the first woman to receive it since its inception in 1891.

Credit: solarseven from iStockphoto.com article News story: Blood tests may show which women would benefit most from taking anastrozole to prevent breast cancer
6, December , 2023

Research led by Queen Mary University of London’s Wolfson Institute of Population Health has found that hormone levels, measured through blood tests, are an important indicator of whether post-menopausal women who are most at risk of developing breast cancer will benefit from aromatase inhibitors such as anastrozole.

article News story: Ground-breaking science education centre for children and young people revitalised following £550,000 investment
6, December , 2023

Centre of the Cell is the first informal science education centre in the world to be located within working biomedical research laboratories. Following a £550,000 refurbishment, the centre is now re-launching its digital immersive STEM Pod with new, state-of-the-art interactive exhibits.

article News story: Innovative health collaboration wins HSJ Award
5, December , 2023

A collaborative team aiming to prevent heart attacks and strokes in North East London has won the Medicines, Pharmacy and Prescribing Initiative of the Year at the HSJ Awards 2023.

article News story: Let Communities Lead: this year’s theme of World Aids Day
1, December , 2023

The Sexual Health, HIV All East Research (SHARE) Group – a collaboration between Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London - demonstrates the power of bringing local people into the heart of research about poor sexual health and HIV.

article News story: Queen Mary researchers among world's most highly cited researchers
17, November , 2023

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have been recognised for ranking in the top 1% by citations in their field for 2023. 

article News story: The future of cancer care in the UK: a report co-authored by Queen Mary University of London’s Professor Fiona Walter
15, November , 2023

Professor Fiona Walter, Director of the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, is one of 12 of the country’s leading cancer experts who have today (Wednesday 15 November) published a 10 point plan for the improvement of the UK’s cancer services.

article News story: New injection-based treatment reduces high blood pressure
13, November , 2023

A new study led by researchers  from Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust shows a novel drug called Zilebesiran given as injection under the skin once every three or six months, successfully reduces high blood pressure (hypertension).

article News story: A participant from Queen Mary University of London Genes & Health study is the 10th person enrolled in a gene-editing clinical trial for heart disease.
13, November , 2023

This is a major milestone for the Genes & Health study, which aims to improve health outcomes for people of Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent, who are often underrepresented in genomic studies.

article News story: Tens of thousands of women set to benefit from repurposed NHS drug to prevent breast cancer
7, November , 2023

Clinical trials led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London lead to approval for anastrozole as a breast-cancer preventative drug.

article News story: New drug combination doubles survival for people with bladder cancer
19, October , 2023

Results from a clinical trial carried out by researchers at Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London show that a new combination of drugs doubles overall survival for patients with bladder cancer that has spread (metastatic bladder cancer).

Credit: solarseven from iStockphoto.com article News story: Higher than expected risk of cancer following ‘all clear’ after suspected cancer referral
1, November , 2023

A new study led by Queen Mary University of London finds that people who were referred to urgent suspected cancer pathways, but were found not to have cancer, have a higher than expected risk of cancer in subsequent years. These findings suggest that this cohort of patients would benefit from additional support to help them manage down these risks of cancer.

Professor Chie Adachi Keynote Session at the Med-Tech awards article News story: Queen Mary University of London wins Excellence in Digital Health Education Award
6, November , 2023

Queen Mary University of London has been awarded the Excellence in Digital Health Education Award at the third Med-Tech Awards Event held in Valletta, Malta.

Staff from the Genes & Health Stage 1 Team recruiting participants article News story: Trust is the most important factor for British South Asians when taking part in genetic research to tailor medications
1, November , 2023

A study led by Dr Emma Magavern from the Centre of Clinical Pharmacology and Precision Medicine at Queen Mary University of London has gathered detailed insights from the British South Asian community that could lead to more successful implementation of genetic testing to help tailor the use of routine medications.

Person in scientific research lab looks into microscope article News story: Trail blazing microplastics project examines the impact on our health
25, October , 2023

Every day we consume food and water contaminated with microplastics – tiny pieces of plastic debris resulting from the disposal and breakdown of consumer products and industrial waste. What is this doing to our bodies?

article News story: New study suggests promising approach for treating pancreatic cancer
18, October , 2023

A new study carried out in mice, led by Queen Mary University of London, has identified cells that drive the spread of pancreatic cancer and discovered a weakness in these cells that could be targeted using existing drugs. This offers a promising new approach for treating pancreatic cancer.

article News story: Professor Paul Evans appointed as the new Dean of Research Impact for the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
20, October , 2023

Queen Mary University of London is delighted to announce that Professor Paul Evans has been appointed as the new Dean for Research Impact for the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. 

article News story: Not all major trauma patients benefit from receiving additional blood-clotting factors when treating blood loss
12, October , 2023

Major blood loss is experienced by many severely injured patients, and it contributes to the death of more than half of the 4.4 million people who die from trauma every year across the world. It is the most common preventable cause of death in the trauma population.

article News story: Researchers find genetic cause of Raynaud’s phenomenon
12, October , 2023

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London’s Precision Healthcare Research Institute (PHURI) and the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have identified the genetic causes of Raynaud’s phenomenon. 

article News story: New report finds sexual and reproductive health rights of women, girls and other marginalised people missing from most national climate plans
11, October , 2023

Only a third of countries that have published plans to limit greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for climate shocks have committed to upholding the sexual and reproductive health rights of women, girls and other marginalised people in these plans, according to a new report from Queen Mary University of London and UNFPA, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency.

article News story: You’ve heard of long COVID, but did you know there might also be a long cold?
6, October , 2023

Giulia Vivaldi, Statistician and Epidemiologist on the COVIDENCE UK study from Queen Mary University of London, has written for The Conversation on a new study that suggests 'long colds' may exist.

article News story: Scientists discover ‘long colds’ may exist, as well as long Covid
6, October , 2023

A new study from Queen Mary University of London, published in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine, has found that people may experience long-term symptoms —or ‘long colds’—after acute respiratory infections that test negative for COVID-19.

article News story: Queen Mary and Tower Hamlets unite to reduce the risks of nitrous oxide misuse
29, September , 2023

“Nitrous oxide (NOX/N2O) can damage your spinal cord and cause serious, permanent disability” - that is the message to young people in Tower Hamlets as part of a programme to highlight the consequences of using the drug.

article News story: Professor Nitzan Rosenfeld appointed as the new Barts Cancer Institute Director
22, September , 2023

Queen Mary University of London is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Nitzan Rosenfeld as the new Director of the Barts Cancer Institute from 1 February 2024.

A lit cigarette. Credit: iStock/Altayb article News story: E-cigarettes are not a gateway into smoking
21, September , 2023

The most comprehensive study to date investigating whether e-cigarettes are a gateway into or out of smoking finds that, at the population level, there is no sign that e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine delivery products promote smoking.

article News story: Women given new insight into blood clot risk
19, September , 2023

New research from Queen Mary University of London, published in iScience, shows an increased risk of blood clots in women who have any combination of a particular gene mutation, oestrogen use, or common medical conditions – specifically: obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and kidney disease.

article News story: New research evaluates the UK’s current salt reduction programme
19, September , 2023

New research from Queen Mary University of London and published in the Journal of Hypertension, shows the Government has failed to reduce population salt intakes and consequently improve public health in England since 2014  – putting thousands of lives at risk.

Colourised transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles (gold) cultivated and purified from cell culture. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID article News story: New study shows effectiveness of mpox vaccine
5, September , 2023

A new international study led by Queen Mary University of London has shown mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) infections to be less severe among those who are vaccinated or had a previous infection in 2022, underlining the importance and effectiveness of vaccination.

Credit: istock.com/vitanovski article News story: New genes and natural toxins offer hope for cancer patients unresponsive to chemotherapy
4, September , 2023

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have discovered two new genes that cause head and neck cancer patients to be resistant to chemotherapy, and that silencing either gene can make cancer cells previously unresponsive to chemotherapy subsequently respond to it.

article News story: New Centre for Preventive Neurology established in Queen Mary's Wolfson Institute of Population Health
1, September , 2023

Queen Mary University of London is proud to announce a new Centre for Preventive Neurology (CPN), based in the Wolfson Institute of Population Health (WIPH). This will be the only Centre for Preventive Neurology in the UK.

article News story: Common heart medication less effective in south Asian people – new research
30, August , 2023

Dr Emma Magavern, from Queen Mary’s William Harvey Research Institute, has written for The Conversation on new research around clopidogrel’s effectiveness.

Professor Stephen Duffy article News story: Assessing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer prevention
29, August , 2023

A review of the international effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer prevention, led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, found that prevention services were severely affected in the early months, and in some places are still recovering.

article News story: Genetic study shows that common medication used to prevent heart attacks may be ineffective for majority of British South Asians
21, August , 2023

A new study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London has found that a commonly prescribed medication used to prevent heart attacks is much less likely to benefit people of Bangladeshi and Pakistani ancestry, compared to people of European decent.

article News story: Professor Morris Brown honoured by the Endocrine Society
17, August , 2023

Morris Brown, Professor of Endocrine Hypertension at the William Harvey Heart Centre at Queen Mary University of London, will be honoured by The Endocrine Society as one of the 14 winners of its prestigious 2024 Laureate Awards.

article News story: Campaign group calls for the removal of packaging that appeals to children on sugary cereals
15, August , 2023

NEW research by Action on Sugar, based at Queen Mary University of London, has revealed that both breakfast cereals and yogurts with packaging that appeals to children, have unnecessary amounts of sugars – with some products containing the equivalent of up to four teaspoons of sugar (per suggested serving).

article News story: Queen Mary University invites aspiring young scientists into their labs
11, August , 2023

This month Queen Mary University of London welcomed more than 20 promising A level students from schools around the capital into their Barts Cancer Institute.

article News story: East Londoners to receive questionnaire via text message from their GP
7, August , 2023

From August, as part of a new campaign by NHS North East London and Queen Mary University of London, GP practices will be asking their patients four question about their day-to day lives in order to gain a more holistic picture of their health.

article News story: E-cigarettes may be better than nicotine patches in helping pregnant women stop smoking and in reducing the risk of low birthweight
2, August , 2023

E-cigarettes (vapes) may be more effective than nicotine patches for pregnant women trying to quit smoking, research led by Queen Mary University of London and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), has found.

Co-Director Professor Claudia Cooper article News story: New policy research unit to improve dementia prevention, diagnosis and care
1, August , 2023

A new NIHR Dementia and Neurodegeneration Policy Research Unit (DeNPRU) is to be co-led by Queen Mary University of London and the University of Plymouth.

L to R – Dr Yogesh Patel, Dr Swati Nehete, Professor Paul Coulthard, Dr Suraj Shah and Dr Demi Bains article News story: Three students from Queen Mary awarded at this year’s University of London Gold Medal Viva for Dentistry
20, July , 2023

Graduates from Queen Mary University of London’s Institute of Dentistry were awarded at this year’s prestigious University of London Gold Medal Viva for Dentistry.

Photo of Claudia Langenberg,  Director of new Precision Healthcare University Research Institute article News story: One size does not fit all: changing the way we think about multi-morbidities
18, July , 2023

In the next 20 years, there will be a substantial global rise in multimorbidities, with consequences for patients, carers, healthcare systems and society. Addressing this challenge requires a shift in the prevailing clinical, educational, and scientific thinking and organisation.

article News story: Queen Mary-led research uncovers why people who have Down’s Syndrome age prematurely
13, July , 2023

An overdosed gene on chromosome 21 causes people with Down’s Syndrome to age faster than the general population.

Professor Denise Sheer article News story: Scientists join forces to transform treatments for childhood brain tumours
10, July , 2023

Experts at Queen Mary University of London, University College London (UCL), and Great Ormond Street Hospital are joining forces with researchers in Germany to develop pioneering treatments for children diagnosed with brain tumours, following major new funding from the UK’s leading brain tumour charity.

article News story: Genetic study of British South Asians challenges previous work linking statin use to increased cataract risk
6, July , 2023

New research, led by Queen Mary University of London, has unpicked the threads linking statin use, ethnicity and the risk of developing young-onset cataracts in British people with South Asian ancestry. 

Professor Claudia Langenberg and Dr Alice Williamson article News story: DNA discovery highlights how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after meals
19, June , 2023

A study of the DNA of more than 55,000 people worldwide has shed light on how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after we have eaten, with implications for our understanding of how the process goes wrong in type 2 diabetes. 

Professor Márta Korbonits (pictured left) article News story: Professor Márta Korbonits honoured with 2023 Laureate Award from Endocrine Society
19, June , 2023

Márta Korbonits, Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Queen Mary University of London, has been selected as one of 13 leading endocrinologists to receive a prestigious 2023 Laureate Award from the Endocrine Society.  

article News story: Launch of new Violence Reduction Academy to help tackle interpersonal violence in London
13, June , 2023

  Queen Mary University of London have partnered with the NHS London Violence Reduction Programme to launch the Violence Reduction Academy (VRA). 

Lead author Dr Pradeepa Madapura with the research team article News story: Jumping genes which can lead to rare syndrome in children identified
12, June , 2023

A new family of DNA elements which control the activation of certain genes to cause a rare disease known as 'MSL3 syndrome’ in children has been identified. 

Co- authors Professor Morris Brown and Dr Xilin Wu article News story: Cause and cure discovered for common type of high blood pressure
9, June , 2023

Clinicians at Queen Mary University of London and Barts Hospital have identified a gene variant that causes a common type of hypertension (high blood pressure) and a way to cure it, new research published today in Nature Genetics shows. 

Dr Eva Crosas-Molist article News story: Skin cancer rewires its energy systems to spread more efficiently
8, June , 2023

Melanoma skin cancer cells radically rewire their internal power systems to drive their spread to other parts of the body, a new study shows.  

article News story: New book unearths the untold stories of the African contribution to the UK HIV response
7, June , 2023

The lived experiences of Black African women living with HIV have for the first time been brought together in a new book.     

article News story: Young people with nerve damage from nitrous oxide use are most likely to be Asian men 
31, May , 2023

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London speculate that social factors and genetic susceptibility may contribute to the predominance

article News story: New book by Dr Jonathan Kennedy is BBC Radio 4’s Book Of The Week
30, May , 2023

Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History, a new book that explores the role of germs in shaping humanity, will be serialised and broadcast each weekday morning on BBC Radio 4 at 9.45am from today (Monday 29th May).

article News story: Queen Mary joins Leading Health Organisations' Call for the Health Secretary to Release Commercial Baby Food & Drink Guidelines
24, May , 2023

Action on Sugar, the expert group based at Queen Mary University of London, along with 16 NGOs are calling for the Health Secretary, Steve Barclay, to release the much-awaited Commercial Baby Food and Drink Guidelines, as data shows the main contributor of sugars in infants, aged four to nine months, is coming from shop brought baby foods – in particular fruit-based and cereal-based foods.

article News story: Queen Mary announce Professors Mark Bradley and Maik Pietzner to join the Precision Health University Research Institute
19, May , 2023

The arrival of Professor Maik Pietzner as the new Chair for Health Data Modelling, shows that Queen Mary’s new Precision Healthcare University Research Institute (PHURI) continues to attract top academic talent from around the world. 

article News story: Study finds Huge and Unnecessary Amounts of Salt found in the Majority of Pizzas.
17, May , 2023

Restaurants and takeaway companies are drowning our food in salt and failing to meet the voluntary salt reduction targets as new research by Action on Salt, the expert research group based at Queen Mary University of London, reveals half of all pizzas sold in the UK provide a days’ worth (or more) of salt per pizza.

article News story: Ovarian cancer's protective barrier: how the tumour matrix teaches cells to disarm immune attack
16, May , 2023

A structure surrounding ovarian cancer trains cells called macrophages to protect the tumour from immune attack, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London. The work uncovers tactics that the tumour uses to disarm the immune system and points towards potential therapeutic strategies to overcome the cancer’s defences and treat patients more effectively.

article News story: Queen Mary University of London opens new centre for medicine
4, May , 2023

This week Queen Mary University of London held the opening ceremony for their new satellite campus for the teaching of medicine in the heart of Ilford.

article News story: Ethnic minority patients yearn for warmth from health care professionals, research finds
11, May , 2023

Developing better connections between ethnic minority patients and health care professionals could drive more positive health care experience for ethnic minority patients, researchers have found.

article News story: Genes & Health expands to mental health and pregnancy research with £2 million Medical Research Council award
25, April , 2023

Genes & Health, a pioneering genetic research programme that aims to improve health for British Bangladeshi and British Pakistani communities, has started 2023 celebrating new milestones.

article News story: New computer model addresses inequity in selecting clinical trial participants
25, April , 2023

A new computer model will improve equity in clinical trial participants by ensuring representation of all major societal and ethnic groups.

article News story: Previous cancer linked to long term heightened risk of cardiovascular disease
21, April , 2023

UK Biobank study suggests a greater risk for blood and breast cancer survivors.

article News story: Clinical trial shows tumour-starving drug improves survival of mesothelioma
16, April , 2023

An innovative therapy provides new hope to patients with malignant mesothelioma – a rare but rapidly fatal type of cancer with few effective treatment options – according to results presented by Queen Mary researcher at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

article News story: Queen Mary researcher receives major funding award
30, March , 2023

Philip Eaton, Professor of Cardiovascular Biochemistry at Queen Mary University of London, has been awarded €2.5 million by the European Research Council (ERC) to help tackle cardiovascular disease.

article News story: Professor Christopher Tredwin to become Queen Mary’s new Dean of Dentistry from 1st August 2023
27, March , 2023

Queen Mary University of London is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Chris Tredwin as its new Dean of Dentistry and Director of the Institute of Dentistry. 

MRI Scan. Credit:iStock.com article News story: Queen Mary University of London and icometrix receive prestigious AI Award
3, March , 2023

Queen Mary and icometrix have together been awarded the prestigious AI Award in Health and Care by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

Kevin Rouault-Pierre, PhD article News story: Vitamin B5 could help improve red blood cell production in people with Myelodysplastic syndromes
2, March , 2023

Scientists from Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University of London and the Francis Crick Institute, have uncovered why patients with a rare type of blood cancer suffer from ineffective red blood cell production, and how vitamin B5 could be combined with existing drugs to improve outcomes.

Nurse taking patient's blood pressure. Credit: iStock.com article News story: Ten-minute scan enables detection and cure of the single commonest cause of high blood pressure
16, January , 2023

Doctors at Queen Mary University of London and Barts Hospital, and Cambridge University Hospital, have led research using a new type of CT scan to light up tiny nodules in a hormone gland and cure high blood pressure by their removal. The nodules are discovered in one-in-twenty people with high blood pressure.

Woman using lancet on finger for checking blood sugar level. Credit: Istock.com/Suriyawut Suriya article News story: Identification of disease-causing proteins leads to new potential treatments for diseases like diabetes
24, February , 2023

New research has identified hundreds of proteins that might contribute to the onset of common, chronic metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, and consequently pathways to potential treatments.

Image courtesy of Anna Billington, Wolfson Institute of Population Health article News story: Surge in nitrous oxide abuse: New guidelines to help clinicians recognise cases and prevent spinal cord damage
23, February , 2023

Recommendations from research published today on the diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord damage caused by nitrous oxide abuse have been simultaneously adopted as official clinical practice guidelines by the Association of British Neurologists. 

Colourised transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles (gold) cultivated and purified from cell culture. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID article News story: Clinicians identify severe form of mpox with high mortality in people with advanced HIV
21, February , 2023

An international collaboration of clinicians, led by Queen Mary University of London and the Fight Infections Foundation/Hospital Germans Trias of Barcelona, has identified a severe, necrotising form of mpox with a high mortality in immunosuppressed people living with HIV.

Credit: Istock.com/DrAfter123 article News story: Target the microbiome to improve child undernutrition, says researchers
14, February , 2023

Research led by Queen Mary University of London suggests that nutritional interventions used to tackle child undernutrition in lower and middle-income countries should target gut microbiome development, rather than just human nutritional needs, to more effectively improve child growth and development.

Grant Bourhill article News story: New Managing Director for Barts Life Sciences
10, February , 2023

We’re delighted to announce that Grant Bourhill will be the new Managing Director for Barts Life Sciences.

article News story: Review calls for a refreshed look at clinical approach to heart muscle disorder
9, February , 2023

A global review of left ventricular non-compaction has called for future efforts to better understand the features of excessive trabeculation in the heart. 

Children playing outdoors in a circle article News story: Is a Government programme to tackle childhood obesity doing more harm than good?
9, February , 2023

Research from Queen Mary University of London is the first to focus on the experiences of parents and their children who were categorised as ‘overweight’ and ‘very overweight’ by England’s National Measurement Programme (NCMP), an intervention designed to tackle childhood obesity. The results suggest that the current programme may be at risk of harming the children it aims to help.

Neuron Pod at the Blizard Institute where HRH Princess Beatrice met BSF-funded researchers article News story: HRH Princess Beatrice meets scientists tackling the UK’s rising skin cancer numbers in first visit as Patron of the British Skin Foundation
7, February , 2023

HRH Princess Beatrice, in her newly appointed role as Patron of the British Skin Foundation, today visited London’s prestigious Blizard Institute at Queen Mary University of London to see first-hand how scientists are tackling the UK rising skin cancer numbers.

article News story: Cochrane review finds that vitamin D does not reduce risk of asthma attacks
6, February , 2023

Taking vitamin D supplements does not reduce the risk of asthma attacks in children or adults, according to an updated Cochrane review published today.

article News story: New product combining blood and plasma in one bag saves lives, study finds
1, February , 2023

A new blood product combining red blood cells and plasma in one bag is associated with a better survival from a penetrating major trauma injury, a new study involving Queen Mary University of London has found.

A bronze bust of Dr Ignac Semmelweis article News story: UK’s first Semmelweis statue unveiled at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
18, January , 2023

Queen Mary University of London and the Embassy of Hungary in London mark the 204th birthday of Dr Ignác Semmelweis, the Hungarian obstetrician responsible for identifying the cause of puerperal fever.

Representative images of a WM983B melanoma cell nucleus with a nuclear envelope bleb stained for Lamin A/C (green), Lamin B1 (magenta) and DNA (blue). Scale bar, 10 μm article News story: Researchers identify protein that helps skin cancer spread throughout the body
9, January , 2023

Research led by Queen Mary University of London, King’s College London and the Francis Crick Institute has identified a protein that makes melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, more aggressive by giving cancer cells the ability to change the shape of their nucleus – a characteristic which allows the cells to migrate and spread around the body.

article News story: Expanding radiation research at Queen Mary University of London
5, January , 2023

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (FMD), including Dr Jane Sosabowski and Professor Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke at Barts Cancer Institute (BCI), have received funding from the University and Barts Charity for a new piece of research equipment that will accelerate radiation research at Queen Mary.

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