• Question: How does/how will your work make the lives of people better?

    Asked by alex.a to Carmen, Daniel, Laura, Noel, Steph on 6 Mar 2015.
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      Noel Carter answered on 6 Mar 2015:

      The research that I am involved in is very clinical and I work with a kidney transplant surgeon at a local hospital. Some of your work meant that there has been more kidneys made available for people waiting for a kidney transplant and some of our work is to try and show in the future we can make more kidneys and other organs available for transplantation.

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      Stephanie Dyson answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      My work focusses around identifying new ways that we could treat a condition called Crohn’s disease that currently has no cure. If we can find new treatments it would make the lives of people who suffer from the disease much better!

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      Laura Garcia Ibanez answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      In my research I focus on Germinal Centres, which are B cell structures in the secondary lymphoid organs. Many of the lymphomas are germinal centre derived, that means that they are derived because of the malfunctioning of this structures. So I hope the better understanding of germinal centres eventually helps with the cure of these lymphomas.

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      Carmen Denman answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      Hi alex.a. Great question. I’m busy in the laboratory designing vaccines that one day could prevent people from potential intentional release of biological substances, also known as biological warfare. I believe vaccines are the way forward for controlling and preventing disease impact and spread, and that more research should be applied to designing vaccines!

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