Medicine Theses: Recent submissions
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Role of zinc in dendritic cell activation and the regulation of complement protein interactions
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-23) - ThesisThe importance of zinc in immune system is complex and recognised mostly by the effects of zinc deficiency which affects both innate and adaptive immunity. The results presented here provided insight into the complex role ... -
Radiation carcinogenesis and delayed lethal damage in a human thyroid epithelial cell line
(University of St Andrews, 1999) - ThesisThe human thyroid epithelial cell HTori-3 has been transformed with doses of either chronic and acute x-rays or strontium beta particles. Models of the past have relied upon animal cell systems to mimic in vitro ... -
Men with cancer : psychosocial issues, health behaviours, coping and help seeking
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-24) - ThesisBackground: A range of factors contribute to men with cancer having worse mortality and morbidity rates than women. The research specifically focused on psychosocial issues and health behaviours in men with cancer, and ... -
The nature, measurement and management of student nurse stress, distress and coping
(University of St Andrews, 1998) - ThesisFollowing a review of the stress, distress and coping reported by student health professionals and students in higher education, see Chapters 2 and 3, the hypothesis that a problem existed with distress early in training ... -
Cloning and characterisation of phospholipase C X-domain containing proteins (PLCXDs)
(University of St Andrews, 2015) - ThesisMembers of the phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) enzyme family play a fundamental role in cell signalling pathways by regulating cytosolic calcium and/or the activity of several protein kinases. This ...