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Baby chicks learn faster due to mother’s colour
8 July 2024

The study reveals that newborn chicks are predisposed to learn quicker based on the colour of their mother.

New study reveals how parasites shape complex food webs
24 April 2024

A new study published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B sheds light on how parasites influence the intricate relationships between predator and prey populations.

Researchers discover new way to starve brain tumours
12 April 2021

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, funded by the charity Brain Tumour Research and the Medical Research Council, have found a new way to starve cancerous brain tumour cells of energy in order to prevent further growth.

Image of DNA. Credit: ktsimage/iStock.comStudy provides first evidence of DNA collection from air
31 March 2021

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that animal DNA shed within the environment can be collected from the air.

OCD - Photo credit: PlusLexiaAntibodies could provide new treatment for OCD
21 April 2020

Mental health conditions such as obsessive compulsive disorder could be treated in a new way using drugs that target the immune system, research suggests.

Pancreatic cancer cells CC BY-NC Credit Anne Weston, Francis Crick InstitutePromising antibody therapy extends survival in mice with pancreatic cancer
1 August 2019

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have found a way to target and knock out a single protein that they have discovered is widely involved in pancreatic cancer cell growth, survival and invasion.

Skin cancer hijacks the immune system
31 January 2019

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have discovered molecules in mice that reprogram healthy immune cells causing skin cancer to spread.

Cannabinoid improves survival rates of mice with pancreatic cancer
31 July 2018

A new study led by Queen Mary University of London and Curtin University, Australia found that Cannabinoid improves survival rates of mice with pancreatic cancer.

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