by TOM FOOT, Camden New Journal
“Prince Andrew, a patron of the NHS Trust, gave his royal seal of approval to The UCL Institute for Immunity and Transplantation. The opening of the institute is the first step in a journey which I hope will end in us being able to repair and replace many damaged organs and cure lifelong conditions including blindness and spinal cord injuries.”
Prince Andrew takes a closer look at the Royal Free Hospital's new transplant centre
Prince Andrew at the UCL Institute for Immunity and Transplantation
Published: 13 June, 2013
by TOM FOOT
by TOM FOOT
THE Duke of York took a peek through a microscope and chatted with patients as he opened a transplant research centre in the Royal Free Hospital.
Prince Andrew, a patron of the NHS Trust, gave his royal seal of approval to The UCL Institute for Immunity and Transplantation.
Experts at the specialist centre in the Pond Street hospital – the first of its kind in the country and one of only five in the world – hope to cure diabetes and develop gene therapy to end long-term drug treatment programmes.
Professor Hans Stauss, director of the institute and a world-renowned expert on tumour immunology, said: “The opening of the institute is the first step in a journey which I hope will end in us being able to repair and replace many damaged organs and cure lifelong conditions including blindness and spinal cord injuries.”
There will be 200 researchers working at the institute when it is finished.
The Royal Free Charity is aiming to raise £47million to complete the second phase of the project by 2017.”
Chris Burghes, chief executive of the Royal Free Charity, said: “I think that of the many high-profile research projects we fund, the Institute of Immunity and Transplantation has the potential to bring the most dramatic benefits for a large number of patients.”
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