General Archive
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News releasesCharities join forces to transform treatment for children with cancer
A pioneering initiative to develop new medicines exclusively for children’s and young people’s cancers, has been launched LifeArc and Cancer…
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News releasesAI software tool aims to spot early signs of dementia from brain scans during routine appointments
LifeArc is supporting data scientists and clinical researchers who are using brain scans from the entire Scottish population to build…
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News releasesTwo major UK decisions announced on use of Alzheimer’s drug, lecanemab
Today, two major decisions have been made on lecanemab (Leqembi®) – the Alzheimer’s drug that we helped humanise, which slows the…
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News releasesDrug trial offers hope to 200,000 people with ‘hidden’ lung condition
A multi-million-pound clinical trial, funded by LifeArc, to find out whether existing drugs could be used to treat people with…
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News releasesLifeArc funds innovative rare liver disease clinical trial
The first patient has been recruited for the FARGO clinical trial, funded by LifeArc and PSC Support, which explores a…
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News releasesNew smartphone app offers hope in the fight against neglected tropical diseases
LifeArc is supporting scientists who are testing whether a new smartphone app could improve the detection of two neglected tropical…
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News releasesCambridge Science Centre opens new facility that will educate and inspire the next generation of scientists
The Cambridge Science Centre, which is co-funded by LifeArc, has opened the doors to its new state-of-the-art building on the…
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News releasesResearch shows potential ‘life-transforming’ mole reversal therapy in rare condition
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for…
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News releasesLifeArc announces research funding boost to address dengue fever amid growing global health threat
Three new projects, aimed at improving understanding of dengue and preventing the spread of viral disease, have been launched today…
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News releasesLifeArc co-funds a new blood test that could prevent sudden child deaths caused by hereditary heart condition
A new blood test that could identify children with a potentially fatal heart condition has been developed by researchers at…
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News releasesNew partnership aims to develop clinical tools for motor neuron disease prognosis, monitoring, and drug development
LifeArc and ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) have joined forces to identify, validate, and develop new biomarkers that are…
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News releasesHope for children with cancer: LifeArc and CureSearch fund research into whether a modified cold sore virus, combined with a vaccine, could cure brain cancer
A team of scientists in America and the UK are combining a genetically modified cold sore virus with a cancer…