Biomedical Sciences
Division
Biomedical Sciences Division
The Biomedical Sciences Division covers the scientific foundations of medicine: physiology, pathology, molecular mechanisms, anatomy and the laboratory sciences that connect them to diagnosis.
6publications
4books
4registered studies
50credited people
Overview and scope
Key subject areas
Physiology, pathology, molecular mechanisms, anatomy and laboratory sciences.
Physiology
Pathology
Molecular and cell biology
Human anatomy
Immunology
Laboratory diagnostics
Staff and contributors
All people in this division People
Verified Sterling IMRES staff will be listed here. Until then, these are the people credited on this division’s library works (not institute staff).
Abul K. Abbas
Works (1)
Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Medicine
Biomedical Sciences
Clinical Medicine, Biomedical Sciences
Biomedical Sciences
Biomedical Sciences
Biomedical Sciences
Biomedical Sciences
Active research
Research hub Registered studies
In progressInterventional
Periodontitis Treatment and Heart Failure
This Brazilian study treats periodontitis with scaling and root planing in adults with and without heart failure, alongside a delayed-treatment control group. Researchers follow a cardiac marker (NT-proBNP) and oral and immune measures at three and six months. It explores whether gum treatment could have a measurable effect on heart failure.
2025
RecruitingInterventionalPhase 1 / Phase 2
Curcumin and Retinal Study
This small randomised study at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center gives participants either a low or a high dose of curcumin for two weeks. Retinal imaging is used to see whether curcumin crosses into nervous tissue and attaches to amyloid proteins. Researchers also look at safety, blood levels and gut bacteria.
2023
In progressObservational
Dallas 2K: A Natural History Study of Depression
Dallas 2K is a long-term observational cohort at UT Southwestern that follows people with elevated depressive symptoms. Participants contribute clinical, lifestyle, blood, genetic, neuroimaging and EEG data so researchers can look for markers linked to recovery. Follow-up is planned to continue into the 2030s.
2016
Completed and published
PublishedObservational
Prediction of Stroke-associated Pneumonia
This prospective observational cohort, led by Charité Berlin with sites in Germany and Spain, followed patients after acute ischaemic stroke. It combined clinical information with measurements of immune function and inflammation to see who goes on to develop pneumonia. Several papers on prediction scores and biomarkers such as IL-6 have come from the cohort.
2010
Publications and books
All publications Reference library
Hallmarks of aging: An expanding universeOPEN ACCESS
Cell · DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.11.001
2023
Hallmarks of Cancer: New DimensionsOPEN ACCESS
Cancer Discovery · DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-1059
2022
The spectrum of inflammatory responses
Science · DOI: 10.1126/science.abi5200
2021
Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 VaccineOPEN ACCESS
New England Journal of Medicine · DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2034577
2020
Chronic inflammation in the etiology of disease across the life spanOPEN ACCESS
Nature Medicine · DOI: 10.1038/s41591-019-0675-0
2019
Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018OPEN ACCESS
Cell Death & Differentiation · DOI: 10.1038/s41418-017-0012-4
2018
Books
Visual resources
Gallery Illustrations
Anatomy
Heart and lungs, front view (Gray's Anatomy, plate 490)
Henry Vandyke Carter (Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, 1918)Public domain
Educational activities
Education Planned teaching
Focus areas: Foundations of physiology, Mechanisms of disease, Laboratory science.
Upcomingcourse
Biomedical foundations for clinical learners
Physiology, pathology and pharmacology principles linked to clinical reasoning through illustrated cases.
- Explain core physiological control systems
- Link mechanisms of disease to presentation
- Relate drug action to mechanism
Not yet enrolling · no accredited award
Related resources
textbookFree
Anatomy and Physiology 2e
An openly licensed (CC BY 4.0) two-semester textbook of human anatomy and physiology, organised by body system. It is free to read online or as a PDF, and its figures can be reused with attribution.
Online and PDF
databaseFree
Servier Medical Art (SMART)
A free library of more than 3,000 medical illustrations covering anatomy, physiology, pathology and treatment. The images are licensed CC BY 4.0, so they can be adapted for slides, posters, theses and articles with attribution.
Image library
Collaborate with the Biomedical Sciences division
Opportunities: Mechanistic and laboratory research; Biomedical reference works; Scientific figures with the illustration unit.