Medicine: Recent submissions

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    • Enzyme immunoassay as an analytical tool in clinical chemistry 

      McBain, Alasdair M. (University of St Andrews, 1988) - Thesis
      Immunoassay 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 

      Nearchou, Ines P. (University of St Andrews, 2020-12-01) - Thesis
      The 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 

      Robertson, Gavin B. (University of St Andrews, 2019-06-28) - Thesis
      Carefully 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 

      Afshar Saber, Wardiya (University of St Andrews, 2019-06-28) - Thesis
      As 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 ...

    • Computational image analysis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma 

      Um, In Hwa (University of St Andrews, 2019-12-03) - Thesis
      Background: In the UK, kidney cancer is the most lethal urologic cancer whose major subtype is renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Surgical resection is the first line of the treatment for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). A number ...