By LifETIME CDT Student: Elaine Duncan (University of Glasgow) In a 2008 episode of Doctor Who, the 10th Doctor (David Tennant) and his new companion Donna (Catherine Tate) saved the world from an alien diet pill. This pill caused a person’s fat to literally jump out of their body, forming small white creatures called Adipose (Figure …
By Emma Lardner (She/Her) (lifETIME CDT Administrator for Birmingham and Operations Manager of the Healthcare Technologies Institute, University of Birmingham) Following delays due to COVID-19, our 2019, 2020 & 2021 cohorts visited Coniston in the Lake District for our Annual Lake District Retreat in September. The purpose of this retreat was to deliver elements of …
By Emma Lardner (She/Her) (lifETIME CDT Administrator for Birmingham and Operations Manager of the Healthcare Technologies Institute, University of Birmingham) On Wednesday 21st September 2022, our lifETIME CDT Students took part in a challenge to raise money for DEBRA UK at our annual Lake District retreat. The challenge began by splitting our students into small …
By LifETIME CDT Student: Amaziah Alipio (University of Birmingham) Deaths from chronic and advanced liver disease such as liver cirrhosis and cancer accounts for over 2.4% of total deaths globally in 2017. The only effective therapy for chronic liver diseases is liver transplantation, however, the lack of available donor organs is a critical limitation in therapy. …
By LifETIME CDT Student: Adam Efrat (University of Birmingham) It is now undeniable that mass livestock farming is actively killing our planet. Livestock farming already accounts for more pollution than all forms of transport combined and with global appetites for meat growing, it is only going to get worse. The environmental impact of livestock farming is …
By LifETIME CDT Student: Cameron McAnespie (University of Glasgow) Biomaterials have been extensively employed in drug discovery and regenerative medicine to better mimic the three-dimensional nature of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Hydrogels are an optimal choice because they form a mesh-like structure that biomolecules can be trapped in, creating an environment favourable to cell growth (shown …