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Biomedical research units announced
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Biomedical research units announced

2008-04-09
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The Government has announced twelve new biomedical research units as part of a £45m campaign to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as heart disease, asthma and obesity.

The Government has announced twelve new biomedical research units as part of a £45m campaign to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as heart disease, asthma and obesity.

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) units will help patients benefit quicker from new scientific breakthrough as they will focus on "translational research" in order to move advances in basic medical research found in laboratories into hospital clinics.

The units, which will each receive £3.75m over the next four years, will concentrate their work on areas which have previously received limited amounts of research funding such as heart disease; deafness and hearing problems; gastrointestinal and liver disease; musculoskeletal disease (including arthritis); nutrition (including obesity) and respiratory disease (including asthma).

The units will also help to ensure the UK retains its position at the top of the international league table for biomedical research.

They will complement the existing twelve NIHR Biomedical Research Centres in Newcastle, London, Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool and Manchester.

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