• Question: What have you researched that might have an impact on the NHS?

    Asked by anon-181144 to Ashley on 1 Jun 2018.
    • Photo: Ashley Akbari

      Ashley Akbari answered on 1 Jun 2018:

      We always try to work closely with colleagues in the NHS who provide services to the public so that the research we do has a real world impact back to both improve the services they provide and the lives of the public.

      We have worked on a variety of projects in lots settings such as stroke prevention, cancer, injuries, mental health and many more which we hope have had an impact – and we hope to continue to work on great research with other colleagues to improve the NHS which is such a great and unique service available in the UK

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  • Photo: Damian

    Damian commented on :

    My team and I have research why people get so sick that they need intensive care, and even die, when they have an attack of acute pancreatitis – this is when the pancreas glad – which is responsible for making all the enzymes we need to digest all our food, and for making insulin – gets damaged and inflamed. This sets off a whole-body response that damages the lungs and kidneys, and other vital organs. We have discovered a new medicine that can help to prevent this and we are just starting to test whether it is safe to use in humans. Hopefully, we will be able to do clinical trials in patients very soon.

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    joeyshepherd commented on :

    Hello! My team is working on new ways to prevent or treat infections without using antibiotics – as you may know, bacteria are becoming more and more resistant to the antibiotic medicines we use at the minute, so we need to develop new ways to stop them in their tracks. One thing we are developing is a paste for broken bones – sometimes when a bone is badly broken it needs screws and metal plates putting in, and these can easily become infected which as well as being very painful cost the NHS lots of time and money to treat. Our paste is to go into the bone and help prevent infections from taking hold. We are also working on new wound dressings for chronic (long-term) infected wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers that we hope could eventually save the NHS time and money as well as making things better for patients.

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    Donna commented on :

    My work looks at how fungi cause disease in people who are in ICU or have had transplants or have cancer… if we can diagnose these infections better or treat them more effectively we could make a huge impact