Guest guest Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Liver disease death rates are rising in the UK, in contrast to other common diseases such as heart disease and cancer, and the new Hesketh Hepatology Clinical Research Facility aims to provide care and develop new therapies to reverse this trend. The unit will accommodate fifty researchers, doctors and nurses from Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, working together to help liver patients. In addition to providing the best possible care for thousands of patients, staff at the unit aim to better understand liver disease. All of the patients will be offered the opportunity to take part in the unit’s clinical research programmes and some will be able to enrol in its clinical trials. These will address the four main causes of liver disease - alcohol, fatty liver disease and chronic hepatitis B and C - as well as liver cell and bile duct cancers. Researchers at the unit will wage a war on liver disease on a number of fronts….. Full Article here - http://health.126xiaoshuo.com/2008/12/liver-disease-tackled-with-dedicated-unit-at-imperial-college-london/ Barb in Texas - Together in the Fight - Whatever it Takes! Son Ken (34) UC 91 PSC 99, LTX 6/21 & 6/30 2007 @ Baylor/Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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