SAS Cardiovascular Markers Laboratory

The SAS Cardiovascular Markers laboratory is lead by Professor Tony Wierzbicki. It has been involved in clinical research for many years measuring lipid fractions by ultracentrifugation, apolipoproteins, lipid-associated enzyme and transfer factor activities as markers of inflammation.

 Landmark studies conducted by the laboratory include the St.Thomas’ atherosclerosis Regression Study (STARS), THE Whitehall, Oxford and EuroDiab studies and numerous investigations in lipoprotein turnover in a variety of diseases.