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UCL awarded £13.5 million to advance medical research facilities

As part of the Clinical Research Infrastructure Initiative, UCL has been awarded £13.5 million for a number of projects to help advance clinical research.

The award was announced today by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne as part of a £230 million investment, led by the Medical Research Council (MRC).

There are four different projects that will benefit from the funding boost: A Theranostic Approach to Patients with Cancer (£5.3 million), Single Cell Genomics (£3.6 million), UK Dementias Research Platform (£3.4 million for UCL), Dementia Imaging (£1.2 million).

The award of £36.8 million, of which UCL will receive £3.4 million, will go towards improving the UK infrastructure for dementias research through three themes – imaging, informatics and stem cells.

Dr Shonit Punwani said: “At UCL we are fortunate to have some of the finest imaging and focal therapy infrastructure in the country.

“For example, UCL/H were the first in the country to install a simultaneous PET-MRI scanner and currently await installation of proton-beam therapy. The vision is to revolutionise diagnosis, risk stratification and therapy for people with cancer based on innovations in imaging technology.”

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