• Question: how would you reseach help me as an individual?

    Asked by sadie13 to MarkF, Mark, Michael, Panos, Sarah on 21 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Panos Soultanas answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Sadie,

      Difficult to answer this unless I know about you a lot of details, living habits, chronic conditions/diseases, any relevant genetic traits etc. It is very difficult to pin point benefits directly to specific individuals. I am sure at some stage of your life you would re quire to use say antibiotics to cure an infection. that’s a direct benefit to you by the research we do.

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      Mark Fogg answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Hello again Sadie
      I hope that my research will protect you, and everyone else, against catching horrible bacterial diseases.

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      Mark Travis answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Well, I study how the immune system works with the ultimate aim of being able to design medicines to try and stop nasty diseases that involve the immune system (autoimmune diseases like MS, inflammatory bowel disease). So, hopefully we can help you and the general population by helping to treat these diseases better.

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      Michael Loughlin answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      well if you caught a bacteria and it was one i’d identifdied as being more of a threat than we thought then you might be put on antibiotics that bit quicker
      If people only used disinfectants that did not cause antibiotic resistance that the bacteria might be easier to treat.

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      Sarah Burl answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      each persons research usually is part ofa bigger picture. One person can’t invent everything so we all take part in helping in our own way. My research is helping to devlop better vaccines for infants. For you as an individual this research could help your children when you have some and ow they will be vaccinated.

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