{"id":49017,"date":"2014-11-20T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fc2c451204b3e2ef1b76ccf16f8b261d"},"modified":"2014-11-20T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T11:30:00","slug":"news-story-life-saving-treatments-one-step-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=49017","title":{"rendered":"News story: Life-saving treatments one step closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>29 companies and universities from London to Edinburgh now have funding to tackle healthcare challenges ranging from cancer to childbirth complications.  Projects supported include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018pH paper\u2019 to prevent fatality through incorrect placement of feeding tubes (Edinburgh)<\/li>\n<li>dressings with embedded clotting agents which can be left in the body (Leeds)<\/li>\n<li>ozone-based generator to decontaminate medical equipment (Glasgow)\t <\/li>\n<li>drugs to reduce swelling and pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis (London)<\/li>\n<li>a sensor \u2018hat\u2019 to monitor newborn babies requiring resuscitation (Derby)<\/li>\n<li>new gene therapy to tackle nerve and muscle degeneration caused by Huntington\u2019s Disease (Oxford)<\/li>\n<li>a revolutionary \u2018gamma camera\u2019 to help diagnose and treat more cancers (Camberley, Surrey)<\/li>\n<li>a bio-engineered \u2018scaffold\u2019 to repair injured tendons (Manchester)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed today (Thursday 20 November) that Innovate UK and the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mrc.ac.uk\">Medical Research Council<\/a> would deliver the new funding through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/innovation-get-details-about-innovate-uk-funding-competitions#catalysts\">Biomedical Catalyst<\/a>, part of the government\u2019s Life Sciences strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Life Sciences George Freeman said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">These investments demonstrate just how many businesses and universities across the country are developing life-saving treatments while adding real value and vitality to their regional economies. With Innovate UK and the Medical Research Council we are helping to ensure this industry has a global reach built on solid success.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This latest announcement follows 23 separate feasibility awards, totalling over \u00a33 million, made earlier in 2014.  <\/p>\n<p>It brings total investment via the Biomedical Catalyst to over \u00a3200 million since it was launched in 2012. It has leveraged a further \u00a3100 million in industry co-commitment and supported innovation from some 250 SME companies and universities.  <\/p>\n<p>Any UK SME or academic institution undertaking research and development in healthcare can apply for funding.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/interact.innovateuk.org\/bio-cat5-results\">See the results of the latest Biomedical Catalyst funding rounds<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/innovation-get-details-about-innovate-uk-funding-competitions#catalysts\">Find out more about Catalysts and how to apply for funding<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/case-studies\/medical-imaging-diagnosing-dementia-earlier\">Case study: IXICO &#8211; diagnosing dementia earlier<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over \u00a330 million in funding for cutting-edge treatments and technologies with the potential to save lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49017"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50514,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49017\/revisions\/50514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}