Donna Davies | |
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Born | Donna Elizabeth Harrison |
Alma mater | University of Wales (BSc, PhD) |
Known for | Synairgen |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Lung diseases Epithelial barrier function Innate immunity Tissue engineering[1] |
Institutions | University of Oxford University of Southampton |
Thesis | Ribulose 1,5 - bisphosphate carboxylase from microorganisms (1979) |
Website | www |
Donna Elizabeth Davies (née Harrison) FMedSci is a British biochemist and professor of respiratory cell and molecular biology at the University of Southampton. In 2003, Davies was the co-founder of Synairgen,[2] an interferon-beta drug designed to treat patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[3][1]