Leonie Taams

Sep 2, 2024 | kcl.ac.uk | Alberto Sanchez-Fueyo |Leonie Taams |Ajay Shah

King’s College London and the Foundation for Liver Research (FLR) are pleased to announce the establishment of the Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies (RW-ILS). The new Institute brings together the Foundation for Liver Research’s Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology and the University’s Institute of Liver Studies, under the leadership of Professor Philip Newsome.

May 8, 2024 | nature.com | Frances Humby |Leonie Taams

A pilot study suggests that the bispecific T cell engager blinatumomab may provide a new therapy for patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis; larger studies and deep phenotyping will be crucial to thoroughly evaluate and optimize this approach.

Jan 2, 2024 | kcl.ac.uk | Leonie Taams |Gerome Breen

A new study published recently in Nature Communications details that markers of brain injury are present in the blood many months after COVID-19 infection, despite inflammation blood tests being normal. The COVID-CNS study analysed samples from over 800 patients hospitalised with COVID-19 from across England and Wales, half of whom with new neurological conditions.