Switching off rogue gene could prevent asthma
A gene involved in the muscles of the respiratory system may be the trigger for asthma, according to a study...
<p><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Nicola Davis</span> is a <a href="https://www.bionews.org.uk/writingarticles" title="https://www.bionews.org.uk/writingarticles" class="">Volunteer Writer</a> at <span style="font-weight: bold;">BioNews</span>, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its <a href="https://www.bionews.org.uk/writingscheme" title="https://www.bionews.org.uk/writingscheme" class="">writing scheme</a>. She is now a medical writer at <a href="http://www.inventivhealth.com/" target="_blank">inVentiv Health</a>, specialising in medical education. She obtained her PhD from </span><a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">University College London</a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">'s </span><a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdb" target="_blank" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology</a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">. Her research, conducted in the laboratory of </span><a href="https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=DLBEC91" target="_blank" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Professor David Becker</a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">, focused on the role of gap junctions in bacterial infections of wounds. Previously, she studied </span><a href="https://www.dur.ac.uk/programme.specifications/ug.programmes/?prog=c130" target="_blank" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Cell Biology</a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> at </span><a href="http://www.dur.ac.uk/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Durham University</a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> and undertook an industrial placement at </span><a href="http://www.astrazeneca.co.uk/home/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">AstraZeneca</a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">.</span></p>
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