Few people outside scientific research have any knowledge of how it is actually funded. Consequently they have little appreciation of the considerable financial obstacles that must to be overcome for research to be undertaken. The general public assume that most scientific research is funded by the government. This is certainly not the case for medical…
Dr Ian Hampson and Dr Lynne Hampson have spent the last five years working on a breakthrough that has now come to its successful conclusion regarding the use of Commonly used HIV drugs against the development of Cervical Cancer. We are delighted to see that they have succeeded in their painstaking work and to have…
GPs will be encouraged to order cancer tests to ensure tumours are spotted before they become inoperable. They will now be able to refer patients with possible symptoms of the disease directly for checks, avoiding the time-wasting formality of going through a specialist. This saving of time in diagnosis and consequent treatment can be crucial.…
Pioneering CCT funded work, carried out by Drs Ian & Lynne Hampson and their clinical PhD student Mr Adam Donne (Now Consultant ENT surgeon at Alder Hey Children Hospital, Liverpool), has shown there may be a problem with a drug that is being used to treat patients with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). If there is…