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New hope for patients with incurable and disabling Dupuytren’s disease
6 July 2018
Scientists in the Kennedy Institute, NDORMS show anti-TNF inhibits the cells responsible for Dupuytren’s disease.
New method to study the behaviour of soluble molecules in tissues
1 June 2018
Researchers at the Kennedy Institute and the University of York develop a new imaging approach that offers superior resolution to track the movement of soluble proteins in tissues.
Immune cells are natural networkers
9 January 2018
New research published in Cell Reports by the Dustin Group has discovered a new way for immune cells to relay information about infection or genetic mutations through dynamic, yet durable cell contacts before deciding how to respond.
A secreted commensal sugar sweetens the deal for intestinal macrophages
20 December 2017
A recent publication from the Powrie group at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology has described a novel mechanism by which the commensal pathogen Heliobacter hepaticus maintains its niche in the intestinal environment.
Autophagy-dependent generation of free fatty acids is critical for normal neutrophil differentiation
20 September 2017
Recent research from the Simon Group has discovered an unexpected novel role that autophagy plays during the generation of neutrophils.
New potential treatment target for patients with inflammatory bowel disease
3 April 2017
A new study published today in Nature Medicine could change the lives of millions of people living with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) who don’t respond to the current standard of care.
Time to be positive about negative data?
6 March 2017
Professor Tonia Vincent writes in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage about the importance of making negative data more accessible in osteoarthritis research.
Getting it 'just right' in the immune system
9 August 2016
Two Kennedy Institute scientists have proposed a solution to a puzzle of the human immune system: how our immune system scales its response in proportion to any threat to our health to make it 'just right'. Their ideas, published in the journal Trends in Immunology, could support a range of medical research.
Blood test that could predict arthritis
10 December 2015
Scientists have found a marker that can indicate your likelihood of suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) even sixteen years before the condition takes effect.
New hope for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
24 July 2015
A new study led by researchers at the Kennedy Institute and published today in Immunity sheds light on the drivers behind Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and suggests potential new targets for treatment of the condition.
New hope for patients with cancer-induced bone diseases
8 May 2015
Researchers at the Kennedy Institute, part of NDORMS have repurposed the approved drug miglustat to successfully slow the progression of multiple myeloma.
Blocking obesity-associated protein stops dangerous fat formation
6 May 2015
By changing mouse genes to block a protein associated with obesity, researchers at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS have prevented fat from forming around the animals' internal organs, even when the animals eat an unhealthy diet. The study in Nature Medicine found that these genetically engineered mice also retained their sensitivity to insulin (normally blunted by obesity), despite gaining weight.
New role for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein
11 March 2015
New research published today in eLife demonstrates a new function for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) protein in the activation of T cells, which play a central role in our immune system.