MitoQ: a potential new therapy for inflammatory bowel disease?
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the gut that causes pain and diarrhea. The most common forms of IBD are Crohn’s… Read more »
Claire Barnard
Claire studied at the University of Sheffield, completing a PhD investigating mast cell ion channels as targets for asthma therapy. She joined BioMed Central in 2011, and is Deputy Editor for BMC Medicine.
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- Open medicine digest: smoking cessation, antimalarials, prostate cancer genomics, and more - 30th November 2015
- What’s next for prostate cancer screening? - 27th November 2015
- Cancer prevention, genome-driven treatment, and mobilizing the immune system: highlights from NCRI 2015 - 13th November 2015
What’s new in personalized medicine? Looking back at BMC Medicine’s article collection on Storify
Looking back at BMC Medicine's article collection
Reducing cardiovascular disease risk: the importance of early identification and physical activity
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of death across the globe, and people living in resource-limited settings are disproportionately affected;… Read more »
Molecular profiling and targeted treatments in cancer: translating subtypes into clinical practice
Last year, it was revealed that breast cancer can be split into 10 different diseases in a landmark study that could revolutionize how it is treated. In a video… Read more »
HIV 30 years on: still no consensus on when to start therapy
In the past 30 years, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has been transformed from a devastating and poorly understood disease to a treatable and… Read more »
Living longer: the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to a healthy lifestyle
Eating a healthy diet is key to living well and reducing the risk of developing many diseases. While traditional healthy eating advice is focused on… Read more »
This week in BMC Medicine: autoimmunity, atherosclerosis and adjuvants
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), commonly known as “lupus”, is an autoimmune disease that can affect any of the body’s organs or tissues. The symptoms… Read more »
Making research available to all: open access panel discussion at the Cambridge Science Festival
Recent times have seen important advances in open access publishing. Earlier this month, the Research Councils UK (RCUK) announced their revised open access… Read more »
This week in BMC Medicine: the influence of obesity, lifestyle and diet on health and disease
The Academy of Royal Medical Colleges called for action this week to tackle the obesity epidemic in the UK, which remains a very serious problem despite various… Read more »
This week in BMC Medicine: individualizing treatment for hepatitis C, obesity and autoimmunity
Around 150 million people worldwide are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), and around a quarter of those infected develop liver cirrhosis.… Read more »