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Published in Science Immunology, researchers at the Kennedy Institute have identified the role of IRF5 in controlling intestinal inflammation.
NDORMS researchers awarded for Dupuytren research
Awards Hand Kennedy Main
8 April 2021
Three NDORMS researchers have received awards from the International Dupuytren Society, a patient organisation that brings together Dupuytren Disease patient societies from across the world.
Is surgical repair the best treatment for injuries to the nerves in fingers?
Botnar Hand Main OCTRU SITU
20 November 2019
A new trial, funded by a £1.2 million National Institute of Health Research grant, will explore whether surgery is the best treatment for digital nerve injury.
NDORMS team awarded the International Dupuytren Award
Awards Hand Kennedy Main OCTRU
12 November 2019
Jagdeep Nanchahal, Professor of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Kennedy Institute, and his team have won the International Dupuytren Award for a trial repurposing anti-TNF in Dupuytren’s disease.
MEET THE TEAM
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Irina Udalova
Professor of Molecular Immunology
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Fiona Powrie FRS
Professor of Musculoskeletal Sciences and Director of the Kennedy Institute
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Stephen Sansom
Associate Professor
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Alastair Lawrence Corbin
Researcher Assistant in Mucosal Immunology
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Maria Gomez Vazquez
DPhil Student
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Dorothee Berthold
DPhil Student
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Moustafa Attar
Research Associate in Single Cell Genomics
IRF5 guides monocytes toward an inflammatory CD11c+ macrophage phenotype and promotes intestinal inflammation
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