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Manufacturers have launched a £1m crowdfunding appeal as they attempt to bring it to the market. Read more here

When self-employed roofer and proud grandad Ken Bashford received an email from Prostate Cancer UK inviting him to take part in local celebrity Jeff Stelling’s latest marathon effort to fight the disease, he was “over the moon”. Read Ken’s story…

Raise the anchor, position the rudder, take a deep breath and prepare to set a course for the day. You’re heading away from the island of R&D in your tugboat,…

On Tuesday 14th March 2017 the MSc in Clinical Science at Newcastle University will be hosting a Patient-Student Conference, which you are invited to attend. To find out more about the event please click here If you have any questions…

Anakinra for Pustular psoriasis: Response in a Controlled Trial (APRICOT) Pustular Psoriasis is a rare psoriasis subtype affecting 10% of psoriasis sufferers and it consistently ranks highest in terms of symptoms and functional impairment. Unfortunately, treatment options are limited; those…

The Stroke Patient and Carer Panel have recently helped a study team at Newcastle University develop a Thrombectomy Survey, the survey is now live and the Stroke Association and Healthwatch UK are making the document available on their websites. The…

The only treatment to manage rare disease cystinosis causes side effects of nausea, vomiting and halitosis, but researchers want to change that   Read more here

Judges said the multimillion pound emergency care centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital had ‘heralded a new era in medical design’   Read more here 

Register for the MOOC by following the links below! The NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) recently announced the launch date for the next Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), to commence on 7 November 2016. Anyone interested in…

Mr Leonard McCourt – a grandfather of five and great grandfather of three – had the pioneering stem cell procedure as part of the trial, and was ready to go home just four days later.