A British Skin Foundation funded project into atopic eczema

March 2019: Human beta-defensin in atopic dermatitis: dissecting the mechanism of a novel, targetable, protection against skin barrier damage

Dr Donald J. Davidson is an Inflammation Biologist and Senior Researcher at the University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research. Dr Davidson was awarded a British Skin Foundation Large Grant, entitled 'Human beta-defensin in Atopic Dermatitis: dissecting the mechanism of a novel, targetable, protection against skin barrier damage', supporting a PhD student, Jennifer Shelley, to conduct research into this topic, starting in the autumn of 2018.

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Donald and Jenny

The British Skin Foundation have a blog page you can read, where Donald and Jennifer explain the research in more detail and what they hope they can achieve.

British Skin Foundation blog page