Medical research
- Ageing
- Alzheimer's disease
- Asthma
- Brain signalling
- Cancer (breast)
- Cancer (lung)
- Cancer (skin)
- Cancer (brain)
- Cancer (general)
- Cataracts
- Cystic fibrosis
- Diabetes
- Diet and health
- Drug clearance
- Drug metabolism
- Epilepsy
- Foetal studies
- Heart disease
- HIV
- Huntington's disease
- Intestinal infections
- Kidney failure
- Liver disease
- Lung diseases
- Multiple sclerosis
- Meningitis
- Migraine
- Orthodontics
- Pain studies
- Parkinson's disease
- Rheumatism
- Sepsis
- Sleeping sickness
- Vascular disorders
- Whooping cough
- Wound healing
Cancer (skin)
Skin cancer
2007 – 2010 Queen Mary’s School of Medicine & Dentistry, Prof M Philpott & Prof H Navsaria
Generation of three-dimensional models of basal cell carcinoma (BCC). The research will also help to understand the development of BCC and why some forms are more aggressive than others. Developing an alternative to experiments on mice genetically modified to develop tumours.
Sunscreen efficacy testing
1991 – 1993 University of Wales, Cardiff, Dr C Edwards & Dr A Pearse
Testing of sunscreens on skin samples from human volunteers. An alternative to experiments on genetically altered mice that have no surface hair.