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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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
(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.