The NHS is to run a large trial of an approach that could boost number of organs available for transplant, and the transplant success rate. If it works, potentially thousands of lives could be saved as the demand for transplants vastly exceeds the supply of useable organs. The plan is to give organ donors a …
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Rare Diabetes Diagnosis
The NHS is planning to use genetic testing to help diagnose thousands of people who have a rare inherited form of diabetes. The condition, monogenetic diabetes, makes up one in fifty diabetes cases, but it is difficult to diagnose or distinguish from the more common types of the condition – type 1 or type 2 …
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