Sam Crofts

Wellcome Trust PhD student in the Chandra Lab at the University of Edinburgh. My research is focused on understanding the fundamental biology of ageing.

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New(ish) twitter account and new paper out

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Our new paper is out https://t.co/zsMgPJG2Dq

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Hello twitter, our new preprint is out. @Sam_JC_Crofts @grenkoca #ash25

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(19/19) Last but not least, this work was carried out with an amazing team from the Chandra Lab (@QBioAge) - @grenkoca and Neil Robertson - along with Prof. Kristina Kirschner

#hematology #stemcells #ageing #science #methylation #epigenetics #DNA

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(1/19) 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 (𝗖𝗛)?
As we age, some blood stem cells get mutations that make them divide more often and dominate blood production. This is CH - it's common in the elderly and is linked to adverse outcomes, e.g. blood cancers & CVD

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(18/19) 𝗔𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:
A big thanks to the participants of the Lothian Birth Cohorts and Generation Scotland for making this possible! And all our other generous funders.