
Latest news — articles for August 2018


Stem cell transplants to be used in treating Crohn’s disease
A new clinical trial has begun which will use stem cell transplants to grow a new immune system for people with untreatable Crohn’s disease – a painful and chronic intestinal disease which affects at least 115,000 people in the UK.

New research links low levels of air pollution with serious changes in the heart
People exposed to air pollution levels well within UK guidelines have changes in the structure of the heart, similar to those seen in the early stages of heart failure.