The first thing which caught my attention today was this article:
Interventions for muscular dystrophy: molecular medicines entering the clinic.
Bushby K, Lochmüller H, Lynn S, Straub V. Lancet. 2009 Nov 28;374(9704):1849-56
Muscular dystrophy can be caused by mutations in more than 30 different genes however this condition may be one of the first to benefit from 'personalised genetic medicines'. These could be either gene-based or cell-based therapies. Personalised medicines would be able to target specific medicines and this reminded me of the work I had done for my dissertation in treatments for PC.
Spent alot of time this morning thinking about future plans. I don't think it would be possible to stay in Dundee forever because I feel as if I would be missing out on the bigger picture if that was the case, it would be better to gain experience somewhere else. Both Glasgow and Edinburgh seem to have top-class medical genetics research institutions which offer the academic foundation programme and clinical PhDs. If Amy and I moved to Glasgow, particularly somewhere on the south-west part of Glasgow eg. Motherwell then I could always apply to Glasgow and have Edinburgh as a back-up (it would be possible to live there and commute to either). We would also be near Amy's family and hopefully Mum and Dad will re-locate towards the central belt in the future aswell. What would be perfect would be if Heather came down aswell to Edinburgh uni or Glasgow, then everyone would be close-by!
So in the meantime:
Amy applys to Glasgow foundation schools 1st choice. I'll finish in Dundee, then apply to Glasgow for academic training, failing that I can apply to foundation schools in Glasgow. After that I'll have plenty of options for the future, PhDs etc, be it in Glasgow or Edinburgh, depending also on what Amy gets up to with her training. Meanwhile we settle down somewhere in SE Glasgow (as long as there's somewhere nice to live!).
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