Research
Research Themes in Edinburgh Pathology
Breast Pathology
Breast Cancer - both translational and clinical research studies underway in the Edinburgh Pathology.
Comparative Pathology
The integrative study of human and animal disease biology.
Gastrointestinal Pathology
Colorectal cancer research represents the major gastrointestinal pathological research theme.
Gynaecological Pathology
Edinburgh Pathology has broad research interests in gynaecological pathology.
Liver and Renal Pathology
Research in recent years has included clinicopathological aspects of allograft rejection
Lung Pathology
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.
Neuropathology
Understanding the molecular mechanisms underpinning neurodegenerative diseases represents the major neuropathology research theme
Soft Tissue, Bone and Joint Pathology
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.