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Jagoran Bincike Dr. Robyn Hickerson
Institution Sashen Kimiyyar Halittu da Gano Drug, Makarantar Kimiyyar Rayuwa, Jami'ar Dundee
Nau'in EB Duk
Hanyar haƙuri N / A
Adadin kuɗi £38
Tsawon aikin 4 shekaru
Fara kwanan wata 01/09/2015
Ƙarshen kwanan wata 2019

Bayanan aikin

An ba da wannan aikin kuɗi don haɓaka kayan aikin tantance raunin fata don samun maƙasudin ƙarshen asibiti. Waɗannan wuraren ƙarshen asibiti ma'auni ne mai ma'ana wanda ke taimakawa taswirar faruwar wata cuta ko yanayi. A wannan yanayin zai kasance ga marasa lafiya tare da kowane nau'in EB da sauran cututtuka masu kumburi kamar yadda akwai babban buƙatu don bincike a wannan yanki da ake buƙata.

Tawagar a Dundee sun ƙirƙira na'urar da za ta ba da izinin likita don auna da gaske da kuma sake fasalin ma'auni da yawa masu alaƙa da ƙaramin adadin rauni da ake buƙata don samar da blister. Makasudin shine: (1) inganta ƙirar yanzu; (2) ƙara na'urorin gani da ake buƙata don auna canje-canje a cikin fata waɗanda ido ba su iya ganowa; (3) gwada na'urar akan sarrafawa da masu sa kai na haƙuri na EB; da (4) samun xa'a da amincewar tsari.

Maƙasudin ƙarshen asibiti waɗanda likitan fata ke aiwatarwa kamar lamba da girman blisters ana ɗaukar su azaman ma'auni na zahiri. Koyaya, tattara bayanai akan maƙasudin ƙarshen asibiti yana da wahala a yi. Kayan aiki zai tattara bayanai game da matakai a cikin fata da aka yi wa ƙumburi ta hanyar yin wani nau'i na musamman na hoton fata wanda ake fama da rikici, don gano duk wani canje-canje (misali oxygenation, keratinocyte rupture) wanda ya riga ya wuce macroscopic blistering. .

Za a gina kayan aikin, gwadawa da inganta su akan duka masu aikin sa kai masu lafiya da kuma masu sa kai na EBS. Ta hanyar ganowa da tabbatar da waɗannan maƙasudin ƙarshen asibiti, zai samar da bayanai a cikin shirye-shiryen gwaji na asibiti a cikin EBS.

Dr. Robyn Hickerson

Hoton kai na Robyn Hickerson, yana murmushi a kyamara

Binciken farko na Robyn Hickerson ya mayar da hankali kan gano magunguna don cututtukan fata da ba safai ba. Babban hannun wannan shirin yana mai da hankali ne kan hanyoyin kwantar da hankali na tushen nucleic acid - musamman haɓaka dabarun sadar da waɗannan yuwuwar hanyoyin warkewa. Tawagar ta ta haɓaka litattafai da na zamani ex vivo samfuran fata na ɗan adam da ake buƙata don kimanta bayarwa da inganci. Tare da shirye-shiryen da aka fi mayar da hankali kan hanyoyin kwantar da hankali ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa tare da Kimiyyar Rayuwa ta WAVE, manufar farko ita ce kawo waɗannan kwayoyin zuwa asibiti a cikin ƴan shekaru masu zuwa.

Baya ga magungunan nucleic acid, Dr. Hickerson kuma yana sha'awar haɓaka ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta don magance cututtukan fata. Don wannan, ƙungiyarta tana aiki tare da ayyukan haɗin gwiwa guda uku tare da Sashin Gano Magunguna da Cibiyar Nazarin Halittu ta ƙasa, duka a cikin Jami'ar.