General Archive
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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 releasesLifeArc and Kings College London team up to accelerate MND treatment development by driving systematic target validation
LifeArc has pledged £1.5 million to fund a new two-year collaborative partnership with King’s College London (KCL) to validate a…
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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 releasesLifeArc welcomes the UK government’s national action plan for antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
LifeArc welcomes the UK government’s national action plan for antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which was published today, highlighting the desperate need…
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News releasesLifeArc launches £40m research centres that will unlock new tests, treatments and cures for people living with rare diseases
Thousands of people living with rare medical conditions will get access to improved tests, treatments and potentially cures, thanks to…
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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…
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News releasesLifeArc signs statement calling for the UK to lead the G7 on R&D investment
The Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) has released a joint statement urging all political parties to commit the UK…
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News releasesLifeArc funds pivotal clinical trial to treat an ultra-rare genetic disease with possible link to leader of the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789
A pivotal clinical trial to look at repurposing the UK-licensed medicine, deferiprone, for patients with neuroferritinopathy, an ultra-rare genetic disease…