Six Imperial scientists join Fellowship of Royal Society
An evolutionary biologist, a pharmacologist and four physicists from Imperial College London have joined the Fellowship of the Royal Society this week as part of the 2012 election of 44 new fellows - News
20 Apr 2012
Heart failure’s effects in cells can be reversed with a rest
Structural changes in heart muscle cells after heart failure can be reversed by allowing the heart to rest, according to a new study - News release
02 Apr 2012
Gene can turn flu into a killer
A genetic finding could help explain why influenza becomes a life-threatening disease in some people while it has only mild effects in others - News
26 Mar 2012
Cystic fibrosis gene therapy programme gets green light with public funding
A groundbreaking gene therapy trial for cystic fibrosis (CF) will begin in March, thanks to a new grant from a government funding body - News release
16 Mar 2012
"Popeye" proteins help the heart adapt to stress
A family of proteins named after Popeye play an essential role in allowing the heart to respond to stress, a finding that could help Imperial scientists develop new treatments for abnormal heart rhythms - News release
23 Feb 2012
Research into acute asthma attacks boosted with £4m award
New grant from the Medical Research Council and GlaxoSmithKline will enable researchers to investigate mechanisms of potentially life-threatening asthma attacks.
27 Jan 2012
Professor Dermot Kelleher named as Principal of the Faculty of Medicine
One of Ireland's foremost medical leaders joins the College
06 Jan 2012
Low iron levels in blood give clue to blood clot risk
People with low levels of iron in the blood have a higher risk of dangerous blood clots, according to research published in the journal Thorax today.
15 Dec 2011
Improved technology may obviate need for drug when assessing patients for a coronary stent
A new method for measuring narrowing in the arteries of the heart may allow patients to be assessed for a stent without having to take a drug with unpleasant side effects - News release
08 Dec 2011
