Medicine: Recent submissions
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Health carers' and young people's conceptualisations of chronic illness : an anthropological interpretation of 'Diabetes mellitus'
(University of St Andrews, 2000) - ThesisYoung people with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) in Scotland must learn, together with the support of professional health carers, to take responsibility, on a daily basis, for the rigorous control of diabetes ... -
Enzyme immunoassay as an analytical tool in clinical chemistry
(University of St Andrews, 1988) - ThesisImmunoassay is a technique used extensively in clinical chemistry. It is a useful technique which in its most popular form of Radioimmunoassay (RIA) uses radioactive labels. As an alternative to RIA Enzyme immunoassay ... -
Immune profiling of the colorectal cancer microenvironment for precision prognostics
(University of St Andrews, 2020-12-01) - ThesisThe tumour-node-metastasis staging system is the gold standard for colorectal cancer (CRC) patient stratification into prognostic subgroups and for treatment decision making. However, same-stage patients may have a different ... -
A role for mitsugumin 23 in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium leak
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-28) - ThesisCarefully controlled intracellular Ca²⁺-release is essential for maintenance of normal cardiac function. In failing hearts, dysregulated Zn²⁺-homeostasis is associated with disrupted intracellular Ca²⁺-homeostasis, however ... -
All-optical assay to study biological neural networks
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-28) - ThesisAs life span increases, neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis become an emerging problem in modern society. In particular Alzheimer’s ...