“Supercytes – the immune cell standoff” is a new resource for schools, to be launched for academic year 2017/2018. Conceived and developed by Donald J.…
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Scottish Schools Education Research Centre Training : Supercytes
New educational resource ‘Supercytes’ was presented to High School biology teachers at a Scottish Schools Education Research Centre CPD Training event, March 2017: MRC CIR researchers…
Skin’s own defences point towards new eczema therapies (October 2016)
The body’s own natural defences could be harnessed in a potential therapy for a common skin condition, research suggests. The discovery may help create new…
MRC Festival of Medical Research 2017
MRC funded Units, Centres and Institutes will be showcasing and discussing their work through events and activities around the UK and beyond (#mrcfestival) throughout the MRC…
CIR at the Edinburgh International Science Festival 2017
Researchers from the MRC CIR reveal how our immune system works at the Edinburgh International Science Festival, April 11-14 2017. Scientists from the MRC Centre for…
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hBD3 modulates bacterial DNA responses
NEW PAPER Our latest paper, in collaboration with Prof. Julia Dorin and colleagues, is now published (in online “pre-journal edit” form) in the European Journal…
McGlasson, S. L. et al (2017) Human beta-defensin 3 increases the TLR9-dependent response to bacterial DNA. Eur J Immunol. 47(4):658-664
Human Beta-defensin 3 increases the TLR9-dependent response to bacterial DNA. McGlasson, S. L., Semple, F., MacPherson, H., Gray, M., Davidson, D. J., Dorin, J. R.…