Research

Breast Cancer - both translational and clinical research studies underway in the Edinburgh Pathology.

The integrative study of human and animal disease biology.

Colorectal cancer research represents the major gastrointestinal pathological research theme.

Edinburgh Pathology has broad research interests in gynaecological pathology.

Research in recent years has included clinicopathological aspects of allograft rejection

Research focuses on the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, factors that influence the inflammatory microenvironment in lung cancer and the integration of molecular pathology into routine clinical practice.

Understanding the molecular mechanisms underpinning neurodegenerative diseases represents the major neuropathology research theme

The major research areas of interest are in the proteo/immuno/genetics of bone and soft tissue sarcomas and their translation into the clinic; chondrocyte cell biology in relation to osteoarthritis; the development of novel magnetic stem cell approaches for musculoskeletal tissue engineering and sarcoma therapy.