Cancer patients avoid distressing surgery thanks to innovative scans
An innovative scanning system is hoping to prevent NHS patients with head and neck cancer from having to undergo traumatic post-treatment surgery.
Life Sciences
Minister champions Manchester's digital health revolution
Life Sciences Minister George Freeman has opened the new home to the Health eResearch Centre of the Farr Institute at the University of Manchester, creating a North of England hub for some of the world’s best digital and health research.
Northern Powerhouse leading the way in life sciences
George Freeman has been championing the North East as part of the Northern Powerhouse and leading the way in developing new life science innovations.
New immunotherapy trial launched to test cancer vaccine
A new and potentially ground-breaking vaccine aimed at enabling the immune system to fight against advanced cancer is being trialled by scientists in London and Guildford, thanks to Government investment in the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
Leading expert launches review of NHS IT
IT expert Professor Bob Wachter has launched a review of computer systems across the NHS. Professor Wachter’s review will look at different approaches to the implementation of IT in healthcare as the NHS works towards being paperless by 2020.
Multi-million pound government funding to support world leading research projects
£112.5 million is being made available by government so that the most cutting-edge early stage research projects can take place in the UK. The five year funding is part of the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) investment in Clinical …
First cancer patients recruited to world-leading DNA project
The fight against cancer will receive a significant boost after the first patients with the condition were recruited to the main phase of the UK’s revolutionary DNA-sequencing project, Minister for Life Sciences George Freeman MP has announced.
Using F1 technology to transform healthcare
Life Sciences Minister George Freeman MP has been looking at how the use of Formula 1 technology and data is helping to drive forward a revolution in developing new healthcare technologies to benefit patients. https://youtu.be/PYDxjDwlI2I
First children diagnosed through 100,000 Genomes Project
The first children to receive a genetic diagnosis through the Government backed 100,000 Genomes Project have been given their results at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), part of the North Thames Genomic Medical Centre (NTGMC).
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