Grant for Calpain Research Awarded
5 October 2014October 2014
The Life Sciences Research Network Wales has awarded the Allemann group a research grant to develop specific inhibitors of the cysteine protease calpain-1 for new treatments of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and various forms of cancer. This highly innovative work relies on productive collaboration with Prof. Maurice Hallett in the School of Medicine and with Dr David Miller in Chemistry.