The principal aim of the grant is to evaluate the molecular mechanisms and underlying pathways of tissue engineering and cell therapy for regenerating airways and lung tissue, and to carry out translational studies for the prevention and effective treatment of a wide range of diseases.
Although a number of studies have looked at what happens to breast tissue when women start using hormone replacement therapy, the impact of continuing and discontinuing hormone use has not been well understood.
Mr Norburn was successfully treated for prostate cancer through cryo-therapy, a method of treatment that involves destroying abnormal tissue by freezing it.
It also may overcome limitations of photodynamic therapy that has restricted acceptance and surgery that may not be an option if not all carcinogenic tissue can be removed.