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NHS Research Scotland Champion urges action after groundbreaking study into multiple long-term health conditions
A pioneering study led by the NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Primary Care Network Champion has found that certain combinations of long-term health conditions are associated with worse quality of life — but can benefit from tailored treatments and interventions if actioned Dr Bhautesh Jani spearheaded the UK-wide study, entitled ‘Multimorbidity clusters and their associations with health-related quality of life in two UK cohorts’. Its findings suggest that s...
NRS Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Update
Reproductive Health and Childbirth
Our role is to support delivery of high-quality clinical research in Reproductive Health and Childbirth and manage participant recruitment to time and target, for studies led from Scotland and other nations where Scottish sites are participating We provide support in the following areas: Managing the study portfolio record Monitoring recruitment to target Providing advice on study design and feasibility Troubleshooting where recruitment is not...
Accessibility
We aim to make our website as easy to use and accessible as possible. The website has been designed to meet W3C standards in line with the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) and we are committed to continually improving our site to comply with the international web accessibility standards issued by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as part of their Web Accessibility Initiative. We are always keen to hear about ways we...
NRS Introduction to Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
International challenge grant aiming to inspire Scotland’s researchers to help improve women’s cardiovascular health
Scotland’s researchers are being invited to apply to a new worldwide challenge aiming to transform women’s cardiovascular health with the help of a first-of-its-kind grant The Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF) has launched the International Research Challenge with a letter of intent asked to be submitted by Wednesday 15 January before funding commences in May next year for successful applicants. The NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Cardiovas...
The Write Stuff: A Short Scientific Writing Course (Part 3)
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Scottish patient first in Europe to get personalised cancer therapy for gastro-oesophageal cancer
A cancer patient from Dundee has become the first patient in Europe on a global trial to be given a personalised cancer therapy (Individualized Neoantigen Therapy - INT) for their type of cancer, using similar technology to the Covid-19 mRNA vaccine Jennifer Robertson, 59, from Broughty Ferry, who is undergoing treatment for gastro-oesophageal cancer, received an investigational therapy called mRNA-4157 (V940), which was developed by Moderna and MSD. This mRNA therapy has only...
Renal
Our role is to support the delivery of high quality clinical research in Renal Disorders and manage participant recruitment to time and target, both for studies which are led from Scotland, and studies led from other nations which Scottish sites are participating in. We provide support in the following areas: Managing the study portfolio record Monitoring the attainment of recruitment targets Providing advice on study design and feasibility Troubl...
