Medicine Theses: Recent submissions
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Stiffness: a key mechanical factor in normal, degenerate and artificial lumbar intervertebral discs
(University of St Andrews, 2012-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis describes the development of artificial disc technology for the replacement of intervertebral discs in the human lumbar spine. The clinical problem is back pain. There may be a relationship between certain ... -
The role of ChlR1 in DNA replication, DNA damage repair and cohesion establishment
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisSister chromatid cohesion is essential for the equal distribution of genetic material in mitosis. The cohesin complex plays a central role in the establishment of sister chromatid cohesion. The cohesin complex is a ring ... -
TOX3 : a candidate breast cancer predisposition gene
(University of St Andrews, 2012-06) - Thesis -
William Pulteney Alison : activist philanthropist and pioneer of social medicine
(University of St Andrews, 1997) - ThesisThe thesis looks in detail at three inter-related aspects of Alison's life. It examines, firstly, his role in the development of Edinburgh's rudimentary 'health' network, achieved through the expansion of the existing ... -
Health professionals and ethnic Pakistanis in Britain : risk, thalassaemia and audit culture
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisThe central theme or 'red-thread' that I consider in this thesis is the concept of risk as it is perceived by and affects the two sides of the medical encounter -in this instance ethnic Pakistanis and Health ...