Researchers in the department currently have one on-going study funded by Nu Skin related to the identification of master regulators and epigenetic changes to human skin aging.
He himself was a successful player in his teens and early 20s, having a trial for England Under-19s and going on to study sports science and management at university.
This is further reflected by the fact that more and more young people are going on to study mathematics and further mathematics at AS-level and A-level.
Two conventional on-going ALS studies are designed to see if lithium has a very small effect on survival, something the PatientsLikeMe study wouldn't be able to pick up.