Pregnancy
A trial of a COX-2 specific NSAI drug Rofecoxib in prevention of early preterm delivery (TOCOX).
Dr Katie Groom, Mr Andrew Shennan and Professor Phillip Bennett, St Thomas' Hospital and Queen Charlotte's Hospital £58,673 over 18 months (2000 - 2001, G1/00)
Systematic quantitative overviews (meta-analyses) of the literature to determine the value of diagnostic tests for predicting preterm birth.
Dr Khalid Khan, Professor Jos Kleijnen and Mr Janesh Gupta, Universities of York and Birmingham £68,535 over 24 months (2000 - 2002 K2/00)
Integration between inflammatory mediators and progesterone withdrawal in association with human labour.
Mrs Victoria Allport and Professor Phillip Bennett, Queen Charlotte's Hospital £75,035 over 24 months (2000 - 2002 A1/00)
The role of RGS proteins (Regulators of G protein Signalling) in myometrial contractility.
Dr John Davey and Professor Steven Thornton, University of Warwick £73,330 over 24 months (2000 - 2002D1/00)
Studies of the expression and function of the human oxytocin receptor.
Dr Vasso TerzidouQueen, Charlotte's Hospital/University of Warwick £132,331 over 3 years (2000 - 2003 RTFT1/00)
Insulin-like growth factor-2 (IGF2) expression and its effect on fetal growth.
Dr Gudrun Moore and Dr Pam Johnson, Queen Charlotte's Hospital £67,947 over 24 months (2000 - 2002 M2/00)
On-line dynamic 3 dimensional echocardiography for prenatal detection of heart malformation and malfunction.
Professor Charles Rodeck, Dr Alfred Linney and Dr Jing Deng, University College London £72,288 over 24 months (2000 - 2002 R2/00)
Child Health
The EPICure Study: Assessment of Functional Health Status, Behaviour and Cognitive Outcome of Extremely Preterm Children at Five Years. Professor Neil Marlow and Professor Dieter Wolke, Universities of Nottingham and Hertfordshire £69,017 over 24 months (2000 - 2002 M1/00)
This research has been published in: N Engl J Med. 2005 Jan 6;352(1):9-19.
Infertility
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor g (PPAR)g action in the human ovary.
Professor Stephen Franks and Professor Krishna Chatterjee, St Mary's Hospital and University of Cambridge
£77,571 over 24 months (2000 - 2002 W1/00)
Sainsbury's/ WellBeing 'Nutrition and Pregnancy' Research Award
Decidual prolactin and its role in implantation and early pregnancy.
Dr Henry Jabbour and Professor Hilary Critchley, University of Edinburgh £73,862 over 24 months (2000 - 2002 J1/00)
Hypothalamic-pituitary disfunction in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
Dr Jane Robinson and Professor Stephen Franks, Babraham Institute, Cambridge and St Mary's Hospital,
London £78,147 over 24 months (2000 - 2002 R1/00)
Gynaecology
Analysis of balanced X: autosome translocation breakpoints in Xq22 from two premature ovarian failure (POF) patients.
Dr Elaine Kendall Molecular, University of Leeds£79,550 over 24 months (2000 - 2001 K1/00)
Endometrial regulation of endothelial cell gene expression and function in endometriosis.
Dr Cristin Print and Professor Stephen Smith, University of Cambridge £78,055 over 24 months (2000 - 2002 P1/00)
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