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Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Research highlights

Research highlights
  1. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
  2. Our research
  3. Multi-disciplinary Themes (MDT) in Research
  4. Lifelong health (LLH)
  5. Research highlights

Our theme includes research from pre-conception through to death, with a focus on four priority areas:

  1. Metabolism - metabolism underpins every biological reaction, and changes in metabolic function can determine a wide range of health outcomes.
      
  2. Rare diseases - 1 in 17 people are affected by a rare disease at some point in their lives. Mechanisms for rare diseases can also inform common diseases. 

  3. Drug discovery & therapeutics - this includes repurposing exisiting drugs, developing new drugs such as senolytics, and other therapies such as gene and cell therapies.

  4. Health inequalities - healthy ageing is not universal, and populations affected by inequalities are most likely to spend longer in poor health.

Down Syndrome and diabetes

New research shows that children and young adults with Down Syndrome are four times more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes
Down Syndrome and diabetes

Tackling place-based health inequalities

A panel discussion with representatives from 2 East London councils.
Tackling place-based health inequalities

Barts Metabolism Network

Queen Mary researchers receive £2.67 million for research into metabolism
Barts Metabolism Network
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