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Alex L. Young

Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:chicken / avian· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Runx1 and Runx2 act in concert to suppress Wnt/β-catenin-driven mammary tumourigenesis

Alessandra I. Riggio, Kerri Sweeney, Robin Shaw, Amy Lawlor, Adiba Khan, Nicola Ferrari, Jayanthi Anand, Laura CA Galbraith, Kathryn L. Gilroy, Courtney Bull, Alex L. Young, Dimitris Athineos, Holly Hall, Farah Naz Ghaffar, Mark Hughes, , Karen Blyth

This study shows that Runx1 and Runx2 suppress Wnt/β-catenin-driven mammary tumourigenesis, with combined loss leading to increased tumour development and oncogenic pathway activation.

British Journal of Cancer · May 7, 2026Peer-reviewedCancer Biology

The potential of H5N1 viruses to adapt to bovine cells varies throughout evolution

Matthew L. Turnbull, Mohammad Khalid Zakaria, Nicole Upfold, Siddharth Bakshi, Callum Magill, Udeet Ranjan Das, Andrew T. Clarke, Laura Noelia Mojsiejczuk, Vanessa Herder, Kieran Dee, Nancy Liu, Monika Folwarczna, Georgios Ilia, Wilhelm Furnon, Verena Schultz, , Massimo Palmarini

This study shows that H5N1 viruses' ability to adapt to bovine cells varies across genotypes and time, with key mutations in PB2 playing a role.

Nature Communications · Dec 15, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology