Mr Siong S. Liau who is a Consultant Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, and a concurrent MRC-Academy of Medical Sciences Clinician Scientist at the University Department of Surgery and MRC Cancer Unit, Cambridge has been awarded one of the most prestigious surgical travelling fellowships in the British Isles, the 2018 Association of Surgeons […]
Tumour organoids created from patients’ liver cancers
Kourosh Saeb-Parsy, Nikitas Georgakapoulos and Raaj Praseedom are co-authors of a paper published in Nature Medicine in which scientists have created mini biological models of human primary liver cancers, known as organoids, in the lab for the first time. The tiny laboratory models of tumours were used to identify a new drug that could potentially […]
European Orthopaedic Research Society conference
Three members of the department presented at the European Orthopaedic Research Society Conference in Munich in September 2017. Francesca Beaton gave a talk in the Young Investigator session entitled: The influence of haematopoietic progenitors on mesenchymal populations in skeletal repair. Anna Albiero also gave a presentation, in the Bone and Cartilage Biology session entitled: Chondrocytes […]
Research and innovation for early detection of disease
Cambridge Prostate Cancer Research Forum: Research and innovation for early detection of disease Wednesday 18 October 2017, 12:00-19:30 Location: Alice Fisher Theatre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus All are welcome and the event is free to attend: please email Vincent Gnanapragasam for an invitation to register.
Biopsy invention a step nearer
An invention by a consultant that has the potential to help prostate cancer patients and save the NHS millions of pounds is a step closer to becoming a reality. Cambridge University Hospitals’ Urologist, Vincent Gnanapragasam, says a prototype of a product called Camprobe will be further developed over the next 15 to 18 months […]
Older transplant kidneys could be given new lease of life
Researchers from the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre led by Mr Gavin Pettigrew are investigating whether performing biopsies of older kidneys can help transplant patients and reduce waiting lists. Kidney Research UK reports that in the UK there are approximately 5,200 people waiting for a kidney transplant, with only 3,300 transplants carried out each year. […]
BAUS success
The academic urology group had a very successful British Association of Urological Surgeons Annual Meeting in July 2017. Mr Grant Stewart (UL) presented the initial results of the A-PREDICT clinical trial of axitinib in metastatic kidney cancer patients not suitable for a cytoreductive nephrectomy, Mr Stewart’s paper in the Best Academic Session won the British […]
Awards
The award for best abstract by a resident at the European Association of Urology conference 2017 was presented to David Thurtle in March. The award recognised the best abstract across all disciplines and specialties submitted to the largest urological conference in the world – with over 10000 attendees. The abstract described collaborative work between urology, […]
Artificial bile ducts
Scientists have developed a new method for growing and transplanting artificial bile ducts that could in future be used to help treat liver disease in children, reducing the need for liver transplantation. The University of Cambridge research team was led by Professor Ludovic Vallier and Dr Fotios Sampaziotis from the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute […]
Major award for prostate biopsy device.
Researchers have secured funding of nearly £800,000 from the NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) scheme to take a novel test for prostate cancer from a prototype to a CE-marked device for clinical application. The CamProbe (Cambridge Prostate Biopsy Device), developed by Mr Vincent Gnanapragasam (University lecturer and Consultant Urologist at Cambridge University Hospitals) and his […]
