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Director’s message
I hope, as you read this, that you and your family are safe and well in these difficult times. Although lockdown restrictions are easing, the threat of the COVID-19 coronavirus has not gone away...
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Using our immune system to fight COVID-19
There is something unusual about the initial—or innate—immune response to COVID-19 compared to usual influenza patterns. The disease severity is…
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Inflammation and infectious diseases
Severe COVID-19 infection presents as excessive lung inflammation, involving the build-up of cells and fluid in the lungs. This phenomenon,…
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Hyper-acute inflammation in COVID-19
Sepsis is a hyper-acute inflammatory response leading to life-threatening organ dysfunction. Sepsis is usually caused by bacterial infections; however, the…
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Gut feeling leads to ground-breaking microbiome research
World-leading experts are uniting to investigate the interaction of the innate immune system with the microbiome and pathogens. New and…
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Researcher spotlight: Dr Shayanti Mukherjee
Leading women’s health scientist Dr Shayanti Mukherjee is developing new nanomaterials to help stem cell-based treatments improve the lives of…
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Shedding light on childhood brain cancer
Why is the most common form of childhood brain tumour seen more in boys than girls? In discovering the answer,…
