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Research Mucosal Diseases Program
Research Mucosal Diseases Program
Mucosal Diseases Program
 Program HeadA/Prof Michael McGuckin, Senior Research Fellow Mucosal diseases like common respiratory infections, asthma, inflammatory bowel diseases and common cancers such as colon and breast cancer are major contributors to the burden of disease facing our society. Mucosal diseases arise in the epithelial tissues that separate our bodies from the often hostile external environment. These tissues are common sites of infection (influenza, the common cold), often develop debilitating inflammation (inflammatory bowel diseases, bronchitis), and after a long period of these insults cancers develop in these tissues. The aim of the Mucosal Diseases Program is to study these diseases with a view to either preventing disease or improving current treatments. The Mucin Research and Inflammatory Bowel Disease teams work closely together on basic science and translational research projects with a particular emphasis on gastrointestinal infection, inflammation and cancer. |
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