Lupus (SLE)
Lupus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease causing your immune system to attack your body's own tissues - causing inflammation. Learn causes, symptoms and treatments.
Musculoskeletal disorders
The Musculoskeletal Disorders Research Advisory Group works to improve the quality and impact of research to develop our understanding of MSK disorders. It aims to communicate the need for research with organisations that fund or influence MSK research. Including osteoarthritis, gout, musculoskeletal pain and osteoporosis.
Osteoarthritis - Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Therapies Centre Versus Arthritis
Learn about our Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Therapies Centre, where leading academic clinicians aim to regenerate fully functional and pain-free joints.
Rheumatoid arthritis - Looking at joint tissue to help understand sero-negative rheumatoid arthritis
Learn about our research aiming to further understand the development of sero-negative rheumatoid arthritis by looking at tissue from the affected joints.
Rheumatoid arthritis - Experimental Arthritis Treatment Centre - King's College London
Learn about our centre's aims to investigate new and better ways of diagnosing and treating patients with inflammatory arthritis and connective tissue diseases.
Rheumatoid arthritis - How does communication between different cells in the joint cause inflammation?
Learn about our research into how the communication between fibroblasts (cells in connective tissue) and macrophages (white blood cells) causes inflammation.
Rheumatoid arthritis - Improving understanding of the pain experienced in temporomandibular disorders
Learn about our research into whether a protein (TRPA1), found in joints, can be targeted to reduce the pain symptoms in temporomandibular disorders (TMDs).
Call for Applications for Musculoskeletal Disorders Research Advisory Group Lead
We are seeking to appoint a senior clinical researcher, with a track record in collaborative research leadership, to lead the Musculoskeletal Disorders Research Advisory Group to develop activities across discovery science, clinical and applied research.
Osteoarthritis - Understanding how TSG-6 protein contributes to the natural protection of joint tissues against osteoarthritis.
Read about understanding how TSG-6 protein contributes to the natural protection of joint tissues against osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis - Improving understanding of how stem cells can form, organise and repair joint tissues
Learn about our research which aims to improve knowledge of how stem cells can form, organise and repair joint tissues - potentially treating osteoarthritis.
Chronic pain - Does nerve inflammation lead to chronic pain following whiplash?
Learn more about our research into nerve inflammation and Grade 2 Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD2) symptoms, and its progression from acute to chronic.
Scleroderma - Investigating which cells cause thickening of tissues in systemic sclerosis
Learn about our research into scleroderma, which aims to identify which type of fibroblasts lead to thickening connective tissues and how this occurs.
How can we avoid joint replacement in osteoarthritis?
Read about the pioneering research work of our tissue engineering and regenerative therapies centre, for new regenerative treatments that are less invasive.
Dupuytren’s contracture - Identifying the proteins that cause Dupuytren’s contracture
Learn about our research into how proteins found in the thickened tissue in Dupuytren's contracture cause the excess production of collagen in this condition.
Tendonitis - Locating the cells responsible for tendon repair and guiding their regeneration
Learn about our research into the location and characteristics of stem-progenitor cells, which are responsible for repairing and maintaining tendon tissue.