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      Find out more about some of the research projects Guts UK has recently funded.

      We’re getting to grips with guts!

      New treatments for IBD
      Dr Paloma...

      Creating 3D ‘miniguts’ to develop new treatments for Inflammatory Bowel...

      Miniguts organoids from the inflamed part of a patient's bowel.

      Oesophageal cancer
      Dr Benjamin Sharpe

      Creating lymph node maps to stop the spread of oesophageal...

      A portrait photograph of Dr Benjamin Sharpe. He is standing up with his arms folded in front of him and is smiling at the camera.

      Oesophageal cancer
      Dr Maria Alcolea

      Guts UK has joined forces with Worldwide Cancer Research to...

      Oesophageal cancer
      Dr Katja Christodoulou

      Team Guts UK are delighted to announce a brand new...

      Katja, Guts UK's oesophageal cancer researcher is smiling.

      Pancreatitis
      Dr Arjun Kattakayam

      Team Guts UK are delighted to announce a brand new...

      Crohn’s disease
      Prof. Graham Lord

      Crohn's disease

      ‘Leaky gut syndrome’ with IBD
      Prof. Christer Hogstrand

      'Leaky gut syndrome' with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

      Endoscopy Safety
      Dr Srivathsan Ravindran

      Improving endoscopy safety

      Lower GI Bleeding
      Dr Mike Davies

      Lower GI bleed / bleeding from the bowel

      Liver Cancer
      Dr Salvatore Papa

      Liver cancer

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