Recently, attention has focused on the link between COPD-related inflammation and tissue damage, and the imbalance between a type of enzymes called serine proteinases and their inhibitors (Fig.

Then from 1984-1987 worked as a post-doctoral Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell fellow at SUNY Stony Brook with Eckard Wimmer on the replication of poliovirus (the connection being the viral cysteine ...

He read Biochemistry at University College London (UCL) and then obtained MSc and PhD degrees in the Department of Crystallography at Birkbeck College, for structural studies of aspratyl proteinases ...

His research is currently examining the role of cannabinoids and proteinases in the control of arthritis pain and inflammation. His research goal is to identify novel drug targets and develop new ...