Funding Research
It is an object of our charity that we will aid research into the causes of, treatments for and prevention of, all forms of liver disease.
The LIVErNORTH liver research laboratories at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne are funded by the LIVErNORTH charity. Based in the leading academic centre in the region (and beyond) for the study of liver disease, the laboratories mean that a dedicated unit is devoting all of its resources into the fight against liver disease. The laboratories opened in Autumn 2005.
Recently we funded a research project into the use of a revolutionary new treatment for liver tumours. A device known as a tissue ablater was used to treat discrete liver tumours at the Freeman Hospital and LIVErNORTH funded both the project and the documentation of the findings. Our aim was to help provide a better treatment for liver patients and reduce the need for invasive surgery. We were entirely successful and tissue ablation is now accepted as an important tool in the fight against liver disease.
Our past projects have included contributions to a major epidemiology study, drug trials into effective PBC treatments and provision of equipment for the LIVErNORTH research laboratories at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne Medical School.
We believe that every penny spent on research is worth many times more than the same amount spent on treatment.
Prevention is invariably better than cure so if you would like to contribute to our research fund, we now have the facility to accept credit card payments.
If you click on the Donate Now button you will be directed to the Charity Choice website, where you will find various options for making a donation.
Or if you prefer, please send your donation to:
LIVErNORTH Research Fund
Freepost NEA2762
Stanley
Co. Durham DH9 0BR
If you have recently lost someone close because of liver disease, why not help others by asking for donations to the above fund in lieu of flowers?. There is nothing we can do or say to help but this is something positive you can do to help prevent the same thing happening to someone else.
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