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Dr Wendy Heywood awarded investigator initiated research proposal from Shire Pharmaceuticals
28 Jun 2016, 2:01 p.m.
Following NIHR Great Ormond Street BRC support, which led to the creation of a high-throughput targeted proteomic urine test, Dr Wendy Heywood has been awarded an industry investigator initiated award from Shire Pharmaceuticals.
This award is for a Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) research nurse to facilitate the clinical sample collection pipeline and manage a database of patient samples and clinical information. This Rare Disease Sample Collection will allow researchers at the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH) and clinicians from the GOSH Metabolic disease clinic, to find new biomarkers, new disease mechanisms, design new treatments and test patients.
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