Course summary
Our major areas of research interest are:
- cellular and molecular mechanisms of the resolution and persistence of lung inflammation and scarring
- mechanisms of acute lung injury in the adult respiratory distress syndrome
- gene therapeutic approaches to the augmentation of genes that protect against tissue injury in lung inflammation
- biology of small-cell lung cancer
- the effects of cigarette smoke, ozone and other pollutants on the lung
- sleep apnoea
- applied lung physiology
- asthma
- chronic bronchitis
- emphysema
- cystic fibrosis
Modules
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Entry requirements
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Fees and funding
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Provider information
The University of Edinburgh
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33 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh
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