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Thursday 23 March 2017
Vascular research first in Leeds
The Vascular Research team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals has randomised their first patient on to the HUMANITY clinical trial. The patient was randomised to receive a Humacyte Human Acelluar Vessel (HAV), which was implanted by Mr Max Troxler.
The vessel is grown in a lab from aortic smooth muscle cells which produce proteins such as collagen. This is cultivated to produce a tube...Read more
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Friday 3 February 2017
Huge grant for lung cancer screening trial
Leeds Teaching Hospitals has been awarded £5.2 million funding by Yorkshire Cancer Research to run the largest trial in the UK assessing the effectiveness of lung cancer screening.
Respiratory Consultant Dr...Read more
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Saturday 29 October 2016
UK’s largest renal clinical trial reaches patient recruitment target
A research team at St James’s has helped a national clinical trial to reach its national target of 2,080 participants.
Led by a team at King’s College Hospital, London, and Kidney...Read more
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Friday 28 October 2016
Richard adds to his fantastic fundraising total
Former patient Richard Maltby has generously donated a further £14,000 for research into bowel and liver cancer.
Richard was diagnosed with bowel and liver cancer in 2002 and following treatment...Read more
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Tuesday 25 October 2016
Leeds Teaching Hospitals ranked third for research in the country
Leeds Teaching Hospitals has been ranked third in the country for the number of research trials that take place at the Trust.
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) league table...Read more
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Monday 10 October 2016
Prestigious award win for research into Waldenström’s
Two members of our haematology team won awards at a prestigious international workshop in Amsterdam.
Ruth de Tute, Principal Clinical Scientist and Dr Roger Owen, Consultant Haematologist attended the 9th International...Read more
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Wednesday 14 September 2016
Ground-breaking research funding for Leeds
The Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit (LMBRU) has been awarded nearly £7million as part of a record package of research funding from the government. The LMBRU, a partnership between LTHT and...
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Tuesday 30 August 2016
Dr Nikolaos Kyriakakis wins prestigious national award
One of our diabetes and endocrinology team, Dr Nikolaos Kyriakakis, has won a prestigious national award for his outstanding contribution to research.
Dr Kyriakis has been awarded the National Institute for Health Research...Read more
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Tuesday 2 August 2016
FOCUS study hits 100 volunteers
Research is an integral part of the day-to-day at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, with important clinical trials carried out across the hospitals helping to inform care not just...
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