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20-Nov-2016 11:00 AM EST
Gene Study Finds Hearts 'Primed to Fail'
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Around 1 per cent of the population carry a gene which could mean they have hearts ‘primed to fail’.

3-Oct-2016 10:05 AM EDT
Celebrating Women in Science on Ada Lovelace Day 2016
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

This time next week, on Tuesday 11 October at Bletchley Park, sees the launch of an initiative to celebrate women in maths and computing. As a new branch of the existing Suffrage Science scheme, it will encourage women into science, and to reach senior leadership roles.

Released: 20-Sep-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Genetic ‘Switch’ Identified as Potential Target for Alzheimer’s Disease
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

A team at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre (CSC), based at Imperial College London, has found an important part of the machinery that switches on a gene known to protect against Alzheimer’s Disease.

9-Aug-2016 5:05 AM EDT
Reawakening a Sleeping Giant
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Most molecular biologists look at how to switch on and regulate single genes. Scientists at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre (CSC) have gone further, and have explored how to reawaken an entire set of inactive genes, a chromosome, that is present in every female human cell.

5-Aug-2016 10:00 AM EDT
Regular Exercise Can Lead to Heart Disease Misdiagnosis
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Scientists have shown that people who exercise for even a few hours each week can enlarge their hearts. This is a normal and beneficial response to exercise, but until now has only been recognised in athletes. The researchers say that doctors should now consider an individual’s activity level before diagnosing common heart conditions.

     
7-Mar-2016 10:05 AM EST
Award Recognises Women in Science
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

A unique awards ceremony to raise the number of women in senior leadership roles in science will take place today (Tuesday 8th March), International Women's Day.

5-Feb-2016 12:00 PM EST
A Surprise Role for Dopamine in Social Interplay
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Scientists have shown that the chemical signal dopamine plays an unexpected role in social interactions. In mice, nerve cells in the brain that release dopamine became particularly active in animals kept on their own for a short time.

10-Jan-2016 9:05 AM EST
Turning Back the Cellular Clock
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Research suggests we do not yet have the whole story about how fertilised eggs produce the many different types of cell that make up our adult bodies.

4-Jan-2016 8:05 AM EST
Unravelling the Genetics of Pregnancy and Heart Failure
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Scientists have found that women who suffer unexplained heart failure towards the end of pregnancy or shortly after giving birth share certain genetic changes.

Released: 5-Jan-2016 7:55 AM EST
Cancer Cells Poised for Growth When Opportunity Knocks
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Researchers have identified a mechanism that allows cancer cells to respond and grow rapidly when levels of sugar in the blood rise. This may help to explain why people who develop conditions in which they have chronically high sugar levels in their blood, such as obesity, also have an increased risk of developing certain types of cancer.

16-Dec-2015 5:00 AM EST
Surfing DNA: Enzyme Catches a Ride to Fight Infection
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Scientists have shown for the first time that an enzyme crucial to keeping our immune system healthy “surfs” along the strands of DNA inside our cells.

1-Dec-2015 10:45 AM EST
Hearts and Minds: Study Uncovers Genetic Links
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Babies born with heart problems have a number of genetic changes in common, even when there is no family history of heart disease, scientists have found.

17-Nov-2015 7:20 AM EST
Promising New Sepsis Treatment Boosted by Grant
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

A promising new drug for sepsis is on the horizon thanks to new funding from the British Heart Foundation, which could help take the laboratory discovery into the clinic.

13-Nov-2015 9:05 AM EST
Cancer Cells Poised for Growth When Opportunity Knocks
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Researchers have identified a mechanism that allows cancer cells to respond and grow rapidly when levels of sugar in the blood rise. This may help to explain why people who develop conditions in which they have chronically high sugar levels in their blood, such as obesity, also have an increased risk of developing certain types of cancer.

Released: 12-Nov-2015 5:05 AM EST
Keeping Active While at Rest
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Researchers exploring the complex structure in which our DNA is stored inside our body’s cells have demonstrated that this structure depends crucially on a protein called ‘Hira’.

Released: 16-Oct-2015 4:05 AM EDT
3D Scans Spot Earliest Signs of Heart Disease
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre/Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Researchers have shown that people with high blood pressure develop changes in their hearts even before symptoms appear.



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