by Samuel White | 1st March 2023
Partner: Mediso Medical Imaging Systems 3rd Supervisor: Tim Witney Project: Radionuclide-based theranostics, where targeted diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals are combined for the precision treatment of cancer, has revolutionised the field of...
by Samuel White | 1st March 2023
Partner: ISDI – Image Sensor Design & Innovation 3rd Supervisor: Thalis Anaxagoras Project: We aim to understand how prenatal therapy can be used to treat sickle cell disease (SCD) by developing a nanoparticle delivery system to encapsulate gene-editing tools in...
by Samuel White | 1st March 2023
Partner: Brain Products GmbH 3rd Supervisor: Tracy Warbrick Project: For adults and children with focal epilepsy, surgical removal of the brain region responsible for seizure generation is the only possible complete cure. This can remove dependence on...
by Samuel White | 1st March 2023
Partner: M Square Life 3rd Supervisor: Dr Neveen Hosny Project: Traditionally, a cell’s nucleus has been regarded as a passive organelle that stores and protects the genome, facilitating transcription and replication. However, breakthrough studies have...
by admin | 7th September 2022
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI)is a leading cause of death and disability, with no effective restorative treatment to date. Current approaches include direct administration of viral vectors encoding proteins to promote neuroplasticity and neurogenesis....
by admin | 7th September 2022
Background: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is widely regarded as the gold-standard imaging modality for evaluating cardiac structure, function, and viability. However, a significant rate of non-diagnostic scans (up to 25-50%) is observed in patients with...
by admin | 7th September 2022
Background: Coronary microvascular disease (cMVD) is a syndrome characterised by anginal chest pain, fatigue, and shortness of breath. More prevalent in women, it is caused by dysfunction of the smallest vessels in the heart, causing transient diffuse patchy...
by admin | 7th September 2022
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death worldwide. The presence of malignant mediastinal lymph nodes (MLNs) is important in determining disease stage and appropriate treatment. Non-invasive screening methods using CT and/or PET have low sensitivity...
by admin | 7th September 2022
The primary treatment for breast cancer is surgery, which sometimes does not achieve complete removal of all the tumour and therefore requires a further operation. This is then often followed by chemotherapy, radiotherapy and endocrine treatment. The aim of this...
by admin | 7th September 2022
It has been estimated that more than 10 million deaths per year will occur by 2050 due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop novel infection-specific imaging techniques that can be translated into the clinical practice as...
by admin | 7th September 2022
Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are rare but poor response to chemotherapies results in a
by admin | 7th September 2022
Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Disruptions of electrophysiological mechanisms in the heart lead to cardiac arrhythmias that affectblood supply to the vital organs, and also greatly increase risks of thrombus...
