MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
The MRC WIMM is a research institute at the University of Oxford with 5 core research areas: rare diseases, haematology, immunology and infection, stem cells and developmental biology and cancer biology.
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- #WIMMReads 🧪 #MRCWIMM Group Leader Yin Dong is among clinicians and scientists with expertise in congenital #MyasthenicSyndrome suggesting it may be time to update the disease name to reduce misdiagnosis and improve care. #Neurology #RareDisease @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
- #WorldCancerDay Discovery and early detection matter 🧪 Research at #MRCWIMM shows that platelets carry #DNA, offering new insights into cancer biology and early detection through fundamental science. #CancerResearch #EarlyDetection @bethpsaila.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk 🧬
- #WorldCancerDay | When time matters, waiting is not an option. Researchers at #MRCWIMM have developed a readily available immunotherapy approach that showed promise against difficult to treat childhood #leukaemia in early stage #research. 🧪 #ChildhoodCancer #CancerResearch
- On #WorldCancerDay, we're reminded that #cancer is not one story but millions of unique experiences. Around one in five people will develop cancer during their lifetime. Behind that number are people, families, and communities whose needs and voices must come first. @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk 🧪
- #ScientistSpotlight 🧪 This week we’re featuring Robert Watson, an Academic Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Oncology, University of Oxford. @ox.ac.uk @oncology.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
- #MethodMonday 🧪 What is #imaging in biomedical research? Imaging means a diverse set of methods to visualise and quantify biological structures, specimen and their function. @medsci.ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk
