New brain labs open at Addenbrooke's Hospital

New laboratories pioneering research into neurological disorders have been opened at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.The modernised John Pickard Neurosurgical Laboratories will be extending their ground-breaking work into brain tumours. Today a family who’ve raised hundreds of thousands of pounds to support the service witnessed the naming of one lab after their daughter.

 

Red Wellies set up in memory of Lisa Wiles

Children with Type 1 diabetes could be spared daily injections

29,000 British children need to take multiple insulin injections every day to avoid Type 1 diabetes from destroying their immune systems. They depend on a method that was developed in the 1920s which researchers at Cambridge University think desperately needs changing. They have been testing a drug that could help patient’s immune systems to protect themselves rather than having to live their life around the needle.

 

Insulin and Syringe 

Hepatitis C cure being denied to patients

Patients suffering from Hepatitis C aren't getting the treatment that they deserve - according to former patients who've waited for treatment through the NHS - some for a decade. The issue over funding the drugs - which can cost up to forty thousand pounds per patient could be decided by the courts.