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Centre for Blood Research

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We aim to translate research into the clinic. Together we are making a real-life impact on people living with blood cancers and disorders.

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Centre for Blood Research @cbr-uoy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Great to see York Press spotlight the £2.5m awarded last year to CBR members for blood cancer research - continued recognition of work driving better understanding and future treatments #BloodCancerResearch #CBR #YorkScience #ResearchImpact www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2582263...
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£2.5m boost for University of York to advance pioneering blood cancer research
University of York researchers have received a £2.5 million boost from Cancer Research UK to advance pioneering work into blood cancers.
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Centre for Blood Research @cbr-uoy.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
New study from CBR Leaders and BRC collaborators on COVID-19 mortality in patients with blood cancers vs the general population (UK cohort, ~4M people) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41220109/ #COVID19 #Haematology
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COVID-19-related mortality in a real-world cohort of 18 883 patients with premalignant and malignant haematological neoplasms: An analysis from the UK's Haematological Malignancy Research Network - PubMed
When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global COVID-19 pandemic, it was recognised that patients with haematological cancers would be more susceptible to severe disease. Set within a UK population of ~4 million (https://hmrn.org/), all patients diagnosed with haematological neoplasms …
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York Biomedical Research Institute @ybri-uoy.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Exciting news! 🎉 We'd like to welcome Professor Ian Hitchcock as our new Director. With a passion for innovation and collaboration, @ian-hitchcock.bsky.social will lead us into an inspiring new chapter of research excellence
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Centre for Blood Research @cbr-uoy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Great to see key partners from York and Leeds at the BRC Haematology Theme meeting today at the National STEM Learning Centre Colleagues gathered to discuss recent progress, data, and results from their research on immunosenescence, inflammation, clonal haematopoiesis, and epidemiology
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Centre for Blood Research @cbr-uoy.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Research conducted by our Director @ian-hitchcock.bsky.social's collaborators in Oxford has found that platelets could help make cancer-detecting blood tests much more effective Read more about the study on ‪@cancerresearchuk.org‬ website news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/08/14/p...
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The "humble" blood cells that could expose cancer's secrets - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News
Our scientists have discovered that platelets are swelling with information which could help us detect cancers earlier.
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Centre for Blood Research @cbr-uoy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
People diagnosed with multiple myeloma – one of the most common forms of blood cancer – are now living nearly twice as long on average as they were in 2005, according to a new study. The findings, published in Haematologica, are based on data from more than 3,700 UK patients in England
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Centre for Blood Research @cbr-uoy.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Yorkshire Cancer Research hosted the White Rose Cancer Report launch event in Sheffield on 3rd July Yorkshire is one of the regions hardest hit by cancer Karen, David and Geoff shared their positive experiences, and how patient-centric care has literally saved their lives
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Department of Biology, University of York @biologyatyork.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
(1/4) Three new pieces of research have been published from the ProteoStem ( www.proteostem.co.uk ) research group @billgrey.bsky.social working in @biologyatyork.bsky.social @ybri-uoy.bsky.social @cbr-uoy.bsky.social
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Homepage - Proteo Stem
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Department of Biology, University of York @biologyatyork.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Congratulations to @bridgekatherine.bsky.social who has been awarded an @The_MRC New Investigator Research Grant! This £0.83M award will enable her laboratory to research hijacked hypoxia signalling in blood cancer @ybri-uoy.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social
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Centre for Blood Research @cbr-uoy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Blood Cancer Survivor and founder of the York Haematology Support Group Carol Miller told That's TV why she thinks being part of a community can help people manage the anxiety of receiving a diagnosis. www.york.ac.uk/biomedical-r...
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World Blood Cancer Day: Interview with Carol Miller
Blood Cancer Survivor Carol Miller was interviewed by That's TV on World Blood Cancer Day.
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Centre for Blood Research @cbr-uoy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
We will share good news, public events, research opportunities & the latest publications from the CBR, all related to our research programmes: 💉Experimental Haematology 👩‍⚕️Clinical 🌍Epidemiology Follow us to connect with our community of researchers who's work drives transformative blood research!
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