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Major increase in clinical trial recruitment at St George’s

News & events | 4 May 2018

St George’s recruited over 6,000 patients to clinical trials during 2017/18 – an impressive 24% increase on the previous year.

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C. difficile increases risk of death six-fold in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

News & events | 20 Apr 2011 | Tags: Clostridium difficile IBD inflammatory bowel disease

Patients admitted to hospital with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) face a sixfold greater risk of death if they become infected with Clostridium difficile, a new study has found. The researchers say IBD patients should be screened on admission to protect them from serious illness. IBD, consisting of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative …
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St George’s leading the way in lipoedema research

News & events | 13 Sep 2016

St George’s lymphoedema and lipoedema service has received funding of £300,000 from the Lipedema Foundation to find the genetic cause underlying the condition. Lipoedema is a chronic condition where abnormal fat progressively accumulates in the limbs. The subsequent swelling becomes so great that sufferers have great difficulty in moving about …
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St George’s Twins Trust centre celebrates one-year anniversary

News & events | 19 Jul 2021

The world-first Twins Trust Centre for Research and Clinical Excellence, based at St George’s Fetal Medicine Unit, is celebrating its one-year anniversary.
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Com-COV 3 COVID-19 vaccine study calls on teenager volunteers in south London

News & events | 11 Nov 2021

Researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV programme have started enrolling young people aged 12 to 16 years old to receive a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, including in south London.
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Celebrating success in cardiothoracic surgery

News & events | 27 Nov 2012 | Tags: cardiothoracic

In his latest blog Miles shares some of the exceptional work the department of cardiothoracic surgery are doing in terms of clinical care, their dedication to research, training and education.
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AI breast cancer screening project wins government funding for NHS trial

News & events | 16 Jun 2021

The project, which will involve clinicians from St George’s, builds on previous research which showed that artificial intelligence could be as effective as human radiologists in spotting breast cancer from X-ray images.
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International Clinical Trials Day at St George’s

News & events | 15 May 2019

On Monday 20 May, Clinical Research delivery teams at St George’s will be celebrating International Clinical Trials Day. They will be holding an open day in the Clinical Research Facility (CRF), which our staff and the public are welcome to attend. International Clinical Trials Day is celebrated around the world …
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