Summary
Eric Alton is Professor of Gene Therapy and Respiratory Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London and Honorary Consultant Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital
Professor Alton was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge and Westminster Medical School and subsequently undertook six years of general medical training. Over the last fifteen years, he has been involved in developing gene therapy for cystic fibrosis and angiogenesis, including three clinical trials.
Professor Alton coordinates the UK CF Gene Therapy Consortium which brings together the three centres in the UK (Edinburgh and Oxford Universities and Imperial College), including approximately 80 clinicians and scientists focused on this problem.
Publications
Journals
Davies J, Alton E, Simbo A, et al., 2019, Training dogs to differentiate Pseudomonas aeruginosa from other cystic fibrosis bacterial pathogens: not to be sniffed at?, European Respiratory Journal, Vol:54, ISSN:0903-1936
Bayfield KJ, Horsley A, Alton E, et al., 2019, Simultaneous sulfur hexafluoride and nitrogen multiple-breath washout (MBW) to examine inherent differences in MBW outcomes, Erj Open Research, Vol:5, ISSN:2312-0541
Conference
Waller MD, Harman K, Bayfield KJ, et al., 2019, OPPORTUNISTIC ASSESSMENT OF UPPER AND LOWER AIRWAY ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND LUNG FUNCTION IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS, WILEY, Pages:S163-S163, ISSN:8755-6863
Saleh A, Griesenbach U, Alton E, et al., 2019, ASSAY DEVELOPMENT FOR A FIRST-IN-MAN LENTIVIRUS GENE THERAPY TRIAL FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS, WILEY, Pages:S358-S358, ISSN:8755-6863
Edmondson C, Westrupp N, Brownlee K, et al., 2019, ENGAGEMENT (OR NOT) OF TEENAGERS WITH CF IN HEALTH MONITORING AT HOME: RESULTS FROM THE CLIMB-CF FEASABILITY STUDY, WILEY, Pages:S430-S430, ISSN:8755-6863