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Friday 6th April 2018
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is delighted to join a network of national Bioresource centres
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) has been successful in securing National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) BioResource Centre designation and funding from January 2018 to March 2022. The NIHR BioResource supports studies aiming to identify key genes in the development of particular diseases, and the link between genes, the environment, health and disease. Through this understanding, improved treatments can be...
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Friday 6th April 2018
LCRF Hosts Visit by the Department of Health
The LCRF was happy to host a visit by a team from the Department of Health office in Leeds. Pictured below from left to right are: Emma Lowe, Research Policy Senior...
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Wednesday 4th April 2018
Sending Off a Long Time Member of Staff
Chief Executive of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust Julian Hartley joined the team at the Clincial Research Facility in Bexley Wing on Tuesday to wish Lynda Garbutt, Research Support Worker,...
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Tuesday 16th January 2018
Leeds 3rd Highest Recruiter in world for MelMart Study
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT), with the support of the Leeds Clinical Research Facility (LCRF), is the third highest recruiter world-wide for the MelMart study. This study (Melanoma Margins...
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Tuesday 28th November 2017
New trial will assess viral treatment for brain tumours
Recruitment has just begun for an early phase trial into an immunotherapy treatment for a form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma multiforme. Glioblastoma is the most common high-grade primary brain...
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Thursday 16th November 2017
Rectal cancer trial recruitment close to completion
Recruitment is almost complete for a clinical trial into a new treatment for advanced rectal cancer. The trial – called ARISTOTLE – is testing the benefits of adding a second...
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Tuesday 10th October 2017
ERIC-PPCI Research Team Recruit Their 300th Patient
ERIC team 300th patient photo1 Congratulations to the Cardiovascular Research Team for recently recruiting their 300th patient to the ERIC-PPCI Interventional study. Specialist research nurses are collaborating on this, and...
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