Success stories

How the centres are creating real benefits for patients.

Cambridge

• Brain injury and awareness (September 2006)
• Brain pathways in ADHD and depression (February 2006)
• Leptin, appetite and puberty (September 1999)

Edinburgh

• Colon cancer mutations (June 2006)
• Lipids and statins (June 2005)

Imperial College London (Sir John McMichael Centre)

• Using Viagra for pulmonary hypertension (March 2005)
• Studies to understand the regulation of appetite (September 2003)

Institute of Cancer Research

• Using MRI for surveillance of early prostate cancer (2007)
• Using MRI for screening women at risk of breast cancer (May 2005)

Southampton

• Sleep, blood flow and neuropsychology in children (2 October 2006)
• Biobank of airway biopsies (March 2005)
• Liver fibrosis (December 2004)
• Rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease (February 2001)