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  • Pharmacist holding medicine box and capsule pack in pharmacy drugstore.
    News releases

    LifeArc launches £40m funding call to create Translational Rare Disease Centres

    Centres to become focal points for rare disease research translation and engagement with the patient community across the UK.

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  • LifeArc scientist selecting samples in orange-capped vials from a grey, multi-well plate for testing.
    News releases

    LifeArc plans two major funding calls to boost translational research in rare disease & lung health in cystic fibrosis

    The calls are part of our wider £100m programme to support scientific innovation for people living with cystic fibrosis.

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  • The Edwards family, left-to-right, father, two children, mother
    Articles & blogs

    Rare Disease Day 2023 – Robbie’s story

    Robbie has a rare genetic neurodegenerative disease known as AP-4 Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (AP-4 HSP) subtype SPG47.

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    Articles & blogs

    Four ways we support rare disease research

    LifeArc provides a range of advice, funding and science to help scientists turn promising research into potential treatments.

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  • Two young females wearing casual clothing and backpacks walk towards the doors of a large modern building.
    Articles & blogs

    LifeArc awards £3 million to advance promising early rare disease research from the lab to the patient

    Pump-prime funding to help researchers get innovative approaches off the ground

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  • Woman and child waling into the entrance of the Great Ormond Street Hospital
    News releases

    Driving translational research into childhood rare diseases

    Four grants awarded to projects that aim to translate research discoveries into benefits for children affected by rare diseases

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  • Progress of building work at the gene therapy innovation hub
    Articles & blogs

    Advancing novel gene therapies into the clinic

    Report on progress to establish Innovation Hubs for Gene Therapies to advance promising research into life-changing new medicines.

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  • Maree-Todd headshot
    News releases

    LifeArc and Scottish Government work together to drive Scottish research into rare diseases

    LifeArc and the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) for the Scottish Government have today jointly awarded a total of £300,000 to…

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  • Articles & blogs

    Living with genetic sight loss – a family story

    Late-onset retinal degeneration (L-ORD) is a rare inherited eye disease that leads to blindness in older people.

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  • Danny who was diagnosed with Hunter syndrome at 3
    Articles & blogs

    Can an innovative gene therapy help people with Hunter syndrome?

    Danny was diagnosed with Hunter syndrome when he was three years old.

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  • Ashley Hudson Headshot
    Articles & blogs

    Living with a rare but incurable liver disease

    A young actor had to battle a rare liver disease before he could start out on his career.

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  • Articles & blogs

    LifeArc – advancing innovation in rare disease

    We act as a trusted partner to transform the way rare diseases are identified and treated.

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