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Quit-smoking drug safe for lung disease patients

10 May, 2017

Medication that helps smokers to quit is safe for use by people with chronic lung conditions,…

Professor Wendy Bickmore elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

09 May, 2017

Professor Wendy Bickmore, a colleague from the MRC Institute of Genetic & Molecular Medicine,…

Dr Martyn Pickersgill wins Rising Star award from British Academy

09 May, 2017

Dr Martyn Pickersgill has recently won a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award for his…

New website for Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research

02 May, 2017

On World Asthma Day (2 May 2017) the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research launched a new website…

New Director for Usher Institute

02 May, 2017

Professor Andrew Morris - who has led the Usher Institute since its launch - will be stepping down…

Professor Devi Sridhar - profiled in the BMJ

19 April, 2017

Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health here in the Usher Institute, shares some…

Professor Raj Bhopal - profiled in the BMJ

22 March, 2017

Raj Bhopal, Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health here in the Usher Institute, shares…

Asthma study finds support saves lives

20 March, 2017

People with asthma should be given tailored support to help them manage their condition, experts…

Gene study reveals Irish Travellers' ancestry

13 February, 2017

Irish Travellers are of Irish ancestral origin and have no particular genetic ties to European Roma…

Usher researchers lead on €29 million grant to assess risk posed by deadly lung infections

03 February, 2017

Professor Harish Nair is leading a European consortium to understand and assess the problem of…