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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…
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News releasesLifeArc backs new report that warns UK business R&D investment has ‘stagnated’ and calls for improved investment incentives
The UK risks falling behind other countries and losing out on the many benefits from investment in research and development…
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News releasesBritain’s largest health research programme, Our Future Health, forms new £10m partnership with LifeArc
LifeArc has become a funding charity partner of Britain’s largest health research programme, Our Future Health through making a £10m…
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News releasesDr Sam Barrell CBE appointed as CEO of LifeArc
LifeArc is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Sam Barrell, CBE, as Chief Executive Officer. Sam’s appointment follows an…
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News releasesFirst-of-a-kind plan announced to get more children access to cutting-edge, proven gene therapy treatments for rare diseases
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), supported by LifeArc and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity), is announcing its…
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News releasesNew £6.2m partnership will help to eliminate a deadly disease affecting children and vulnerable people in Kenya
A new £6.2m healthcare project has begun in Kenya to advance elimination of visceral leishmaniasis, a deadly parasitic disease found…
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News releasesLifeArc supports 8 new fellows through Crick Africa Network (CAN) partnership
The Crick Africa Network (CAN), a partnership between LifeArc, the Francis Crick Institute and 5 African institutions, has now awarded…