Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is a serious pregnancy complication, which affects 3-8% of pregnancies and is associated with a significant increase in perinatal…
The Project. The thymic microenvironment harbours a hierarchical system of lymphoid/T cell progenitors and supports T cell development which is crucial forgeneration of adaptive immune diversity.
Research Group. Biomedical Research Group. https://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-technology/research/our-research-institutes-and-groups/biomedical-research-group.
Outstanding graduate scientists are invited to apply for a PhD Studentship to study the molecular mechanisms that cause detrimental pulmonary vascular remodelling in babies born with univentricular hearts, and to develop treatments that will prevent this problem and protect the infant lungs through childhood.
Ion channels in the smooth muscle of the cardiovascular system control blood pressure and cardiac contractility through changes in their membrane potential.
Despite significant advancements in its treatment coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in both the UK and world wide, accounting for over 66,000 deaths in the UK each year.
Dr A McNeish, Dr G Cottrell, Dr B J Whalley, Dr M Dallas
Applications accepted all year round
Epilepsy is a serious and debilitating condition characterised by seizure affecting over 100 million people worldwide. In addition to epilepsy, seizure is a symptom associated with over 50% of brain diseases including major neurodegenerative diseases such as vascular dementia and stroke.
Vitamin D3 deficiency is a common public health problem worldwide that is increasingly believed to contribute not only to decreased bone mineralisation but potentially to other serious medical conditions.
Dr A McNeish, Dr G Cottrell, Dr B J Whalley, Dr M Dallas
Applications accepted all year round
There is a large body of evidence that consumption of oily fish or supplementation of fish oils leads to improvements in cardiovascular heath (as well as other health benefits including anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects).
