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Tuesday 15th January 2019
'Jeans, whose Genes?’ now live to view
‘Jeans, whose Genes?’ is an innovative approach to getting people interested in genomics. Often family members are unaware of the impact genes can have, and by mixing humour with personal stories and science this play engaged with the large diverse Yorkshire and Humber Black and Minority Ethnic population. The play and workshop helps to influence debate around genomics and new technologies....
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Monday 10th December 2018
Leeds CRF Research Co-ordinator takes part in Diabetes study
Claire Forrest, who is the Research Co-ordinator for the Cardiology Research Team and also secretary of the Cancer Patient & Public Involvement and Engagement Group, has lived with Type 1...
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Monday 3rd December 2018
Cross stitch of Bexley Wing presented by grateful patient
Evelyn Clamp has been receiving immunotherapy treatment on the LCRF within the Pearls study for Lung cancer over the last 18 months. She has now completed all of her treatments within this...
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Friday 2nd November 2018
Cancer research team wins European Health Award
Creating a cancer patients' Bill of Rights aimed at driving improvement to treatment has helped a senior Leeds researcher jointly win the 2018 European Health Award. Professor Peter Selby from the...
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Wednesday 31st October 2018
BioResource Centre Leeds Opens
On Thursday 25th October the NIHR BioResource Centre Leeds was delighted to recruit its first participants to the NIHR BioResource programme. Six patients who receive care for systemic sclerosis at...
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Friday 27th July 2018
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Achieves UK's Largest Improvement in Patient Recruitment
We are pleased to announce that Leeds Teaching Hospitals has placed top nationally for increase in recruitment in all research studies, with 19,179 in 2017/18 compared to 12,431 in 2016/17. We...
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Monday 16th July 2018
Leeds hosts national UKCRF Conference
The 14th Annual UKCRF conference, hosted and organised by the Leeds CRF team, was held at the Royal Armouries Museum on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th July. This conference brings...
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