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  • Human Respiratory System Lungs with Alveoli Anatomy.
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    Drug 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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    New 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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  • Children examining ear model at Cambridge Science Centre
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    Cambridge 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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  • Mosquito sucking blood from skin
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    LifeArc 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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  • Henry receiving an echo cardiogram for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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    LifeArc 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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  • A portrait of Khushil on a bridge leading across a large estuary
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    Hope 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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  • A gloved hand holds a pipette filled with blue liquid over a piece of lab equipment
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    LifeArc 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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  • Our Future Health logo in the middle of a box split into 9 squares, each square with a different black lined or dotted backgroun, on a yellow background
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    Britain’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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