Posts by Vineeth
People at risk of future heart disease and stroke may be at greater risk for severe COVID-19
In 2020, just a few months into the pandemic, Rosetrees Trust released an emergency fund for COVID-19 related projects. Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)was a recipient of this COVID-19 funding, and has presented new research at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) (23-26 April). Their…
Read MoreNew research on how the body’s immune system can be used to battle cancer
Research from Rosetrees’ funded researcher Dr Stuart Rushworth (University of East Anglia) has been published this week in “Journal of Clinical Investigation”. The research into acute myeloid leukaemia (blood cancer) reveals how the immune system can be used to attack cancers if given the right signals. Researchers found that immune cells known as macrophages could…
Read MoreNew non-invasive approach to treating cancer
Rosetrees funded scientists have developed a novel cancer therapy that uses MRI to remotely-control magnetic agents that target and destroy hard -to-reach tumours. This new therapy developed by Professor Mark Lythgoe‘s group at UCL is called “minimally invasive image-guided ablation” or MINIMA. The therapy uses magnetic balls, guided by MRI, generating heat that destroys the…
Read MoreRosetrees funded research published in Cell Reports Medicine
Congratulations to Rosetrees funded researcher Dr Alex Clark (University of Oxford) for his recent publication in Cell Reports Medicine. The publication, selected for the July edition front cover, is entitled “An iPSC model of Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy type-1 reveals Serine responsive deficits in neuronal ganglioside composition and axoglial interactions”.Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy Type 1 is a…
Read MoreNew discovery: Cancer cells within tumour centres have highest chance of spreading around the body
Cells from tumour centres are more likely to be metastatic than those in other parts of a tumour, according to a study of 756 kidney tumour biopsies by Rosetrees-funded scientists at UCL (Dr Kevin Litchfield) and the Francis Crick Institute (Professor Charles Swanton and Dr Samra Turajlic). Published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, this significant…
Read MoreRosetrees funded researchers selected to join The Royal Society (2021)
Warm congratulations to Professor David Rowitch and Professor Sir Simon Wessely on their selection as Fellows of The Royal Society (2021). Rosetrees is very proud to fund research by these two world renowned scientists. Professor Rowitch is a paediatrician and developmental neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge. https://rowitchlab.medschl.cam.ac.uk/ His work includes establishing a rapid genome diagnostic test,…
Read MoreRosetrees funded scientists elected to prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
We wish to give our warmest congratulations to Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg (University of Oxford) and Professor Ravindra Gupta (University of Cambridge) who have been selected to join the academy this year. The 50 new fellows, selected from 384 candidates, were chosen for their exceptional contributions to medical science through their innovative translational research, with a…
Read MoreNew MRI techniques for predicting disability in Multiple Sclerosis
New research, recently published in Brain, has demonstrated new MRI techniques that could predict disability in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The work entitled “Brain microstructural and metabolic alterations at the onset of the first demyelinating event”, led by Dr.Sara Collorone at University College London (UCL) is funded both by the Rosetrees Trust and the MS Society.…
Read MoreLab-grown ‘mini-bile ducts’ used to repair human livers
Rosetrees -funded research, published in Science, reports that for the first time, researchers have used lab grown ‘mini-bile ducts’ to repair human livers. The work entitled “Cholangiocyte organoids can repair bile ducts after transplantation in human liver” was led by Dr Fotios Sampaziotis from the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. Bile ducts are the liver’s…
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