College of Medicine and Health
The mission of the College of Medicine and Health is to improve the health and wellbeing of the public, locally and across the world. This is done through swiftly turning new discoveries into treatments therapies, and through nurturing graduates, staff and researchers who are critical thinkers and problem solvers. For more information, please visit http://medicine.exeter.ac.uk
Recent Submissions
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Carotid Artery Disease in Post-Stroke Survivors and Effects of Enriched Environment on Stroke Pathology in a Mouse Model of Carotid Artery Stenosis.
(Wiley, 4 April 2019)AIMS: Carotid artery disease (CAD) is an important risk factor for stroke. We first evaluated CAD and stroke pathology in elderly post-stroke survivors. To simulate CAD, we assessed long-term consequences of bilateral ... -
Evaluating diagnostic strategies for early detection of cancer: the CanTest Framework
(BioMed Central, 2019)Background Novel diagnostic triage and testing strategies to support early detection of cancer could improve clinical outcomes. Most apparently promising diagnostic tests ultimately fail because of inadequate performance ... -
Does a simple web-based intervention facilitate the articulation of patients’ unvoiced agenda for a consultation with their diabetologists? A qualitative study.
(BMJ publishing Group, 2019)To explore whether a pre-consultation web-based intervention enables patients with diabetes to articulate their agenda in a consultation in the hospital outpatient clinic with their diabetologist. -
RNA Biology Provides New Therapeutic Targets for Human Disease
(Frontiers, 8 March 2019)RNA is the messenger molecule that conveys information from the genome and allows the production of biomolecules required for life in a responsive and regulated way. Most genes are able to produce multiple mRNA products ... -
Cellular stressors may alter islet hormone cell proportions by moderation of alternative splicing patterns.
(Oxford University Press, 17 May 2019)Changes to islet cell identity in response to type 2 diabetes (T2D) have been reported in rodent models, but are less well characterized in humans. We assessed the effects of aspects of the diabetic microenvironment on ...