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Hen eggs with human proteins offer drug hope | The Roslin Institute | The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

https://vet.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/archive/2019/hen-eggs-human-proteins-drug-hope

Chickens that are genetically modified to produce human proteins in their eggs can offer a cost-effective method of producing drugs.

IRR spinout Prothea starts lung cancer clinical trial | Institute for Regeneration and Repair | Institute for Regeneration and Repair

https://regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/irr-spinout-prothea-starts-lung-cancer-clinical-trial

Medical technology company Prothea Technologies has enrolled the first patient in its Precision Lung clinical trial – a key milestone in the company’s mission to revolutionise lung cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Cancer trial drug could treat asthma | College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine | College of Medicine and Vet Medicine

https://medicine-vet-medicine.ed.ac.uk/news-events/all-news/news-2009/asthma-111209

A drug being tested to treat cancer could also help patients suffering from asthma, research has suggested.

Need for sleep lies in our genes | College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine | College of Medicine and Vet Medicine

https://medicine-vet-medicine.ed.ac.uk/news-events/all-news/news-2011/sleep-071211

Why some people need more sleep is in our genes, a new study suggests.

Nobel for IVF pioneer | College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine | College of Medicine and Vet Medicine

https://medicine-vet-medicine.ed.ac.uk/news-events/all-news/news-2010/nobel-041010

IVF pioneer and University graduate Robert Edwards has won the 2010 Nobel Prize for Medicine.

Experts hail kidney gene find | College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine | College of Medicine and Vet Medicine

https://medicine-vet-medicine.ed.ac.uk/news-events/all-news/news-2010/kidney-140410

Scientists have discovered 20 genes that could help explain the causes of kidney disease and ‘revolutionise’ treatments.

New insights into spread of breast cancer | College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine | College of Medicine and Vet Medicine

https://medicine-vet-medicine.ed.ac.uk/news-events/all-news/news-2009/cancer-091109

One third of breast cancer tumours change form when they spread, University scientists have found.