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Helen Fitton

Chief scientist, Marinova Pty Ltd

Dr Fitton is recognised as a world-leading authority on fucoidan compounds. Her areas of expertise lie in polymers for biomedical applications, with a focus on natural polysaccharides from marine macroalgae. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry from the University of Manchester, a MSc in Mineralised Tissues from University College London and a PhD in Applied Chemistry from Aston University. To date, Dr Fitton has been a key contributor to over 35 published research papers and three book chapters, as well as the review of countless fucoidan and macroalgae focussed research papers.

Helen’s Recent activity

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Fucoidan part 3: Bioactive seaweed compounds
Jan 27, 2020
In the first part of this series we discussed the history, source and manufacture of the trending marine ingredient, fucoidan. In this second part we looked at the bioactivity of fucoidan and the key evidence that...
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Fucoidan part 2: Bioactive seaweed compounds
Jan 02, 2020
Fucoidans are high molecular weight, fucose based, sulphated polysaccharides that occur in brown macroalgae. Published research regarding fucoidan continues to develop and a considerable array of products containing...
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Fucoidan part 1: Bioactive seaweed compounds
Dec 13, 2019
The first of this three-part series on fucoidan delves into the history, source and manufacture of this unique marine ingredient. The second part examines the key areas of bioactivity, while the final instalment in...
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Therapies from fucoidan: New developments
Oct 31, 2019
Fucoidans are high molecular weight, fucose-based, sulphated polysaccharides from brown macroalgae.1 Published research regarding fucoidans has continued to develop over the last three years, and a considerable array...