Medicine Theses: Recent submissions
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A functional characterisation of the PCSK6 locus associated with handedness
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-20) - ThesisHumans display a 90% population level bias towards right-handedness, implying the vast majority of people have a left-hemisphere dominant for motor control. Although handedness presents a weak, but very consistent heritability ... -
Characterisation of phospholipase C-η enzymes and their relevance to disease
(University of St Andrews, 2016) - ThesisPhospholipase C enzymes are a class of enzymes that catalyse the cleavage of the membrane phospholipid, phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P₂) into the second messengers, inositol trisphosphate (Ins(4,5)P₃) ... -
Testing the effectiveness of gain- and loss-framed physical activity messages in relation to stress Management : a cross-cultural study
(University of St Andrews, 2018-06-29) - ThesisThe current PhD thesis aimed to cross-culturally investigate the effectiveness of gain- and loss-framed physical activity messages among the university students in Turkey and the UK. This study sought to test the impact ... -
Can exosomes be used as drug delivery vesicles?
(University of St Andrews, 2018-06-29) - ThesisThe inflammatory arthritis Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is linked to the human leucocyte antigen HLA-B27. HLA-B27 is thought to drive AS because it misfolds during assembly in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), inducing ER ...