Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease

Tim Chico is Reader in Cardiovascular Medicine and honorary Consultant Cardiologist at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield UK. He graduated in Medicine from Leeds Medical School before completing general medical training and specialist cardiology training, combining this with research into vascular remodeling. He is currently a Principal Investigator in the MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics at the University of Sheffield and has published a wide range of original research and scientific reviews.

• Genetic Experimental Preparations for Studying AtherosclerosisSheila E. FrancisGenetics of Cardiac DevelopmentBill Chaudhry and Deborah HendersonMicroRNA in Pulmonary Vascular DiseaseAlex RothmanZebrafish as a Model of Cardiac DiseaseRobert N. Wilkinson, Chris Jopling and Fredericus J.M. van EedenThe Zebrafish as a Model of Vascular Development and DiseaseRobert N. Wilkinson and Fredericus J.M. van EedenGenetics of Response to Antiplatelet TherapyMark R. Thomas and Robert F. StoreyThe Role of the Transcription Factor KLF2 in Vascular Development and DiseasePeter Novodvorsky and Timothy J.A. Chico

Praise for the series:"Full of interest not only for the molecular biologist-for whom the numerous references will be invaluable-but will also appeal to a much wider circle of biologists, and in fact to all those who are concerned with the living cell." --British Medical Journal