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Teams awarded major funding to drive innovative research at Sheffield Children’s

Three teams at Sheffield Children’s have been awarded major new funding to develop ambitious programmes of research aimed at improving health outcomes for children and...

Research participant Kira and Dr Akshay Kapoor

Sheffield Children’s leads the way in global IBD clinical trial

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is the first site in Europe to recruit a patient to a global clinical trial investigating a potential new treatment for Inflammatory...

Hollies and members of the research team

Sheffield Children’s research trial has ‘given Hollie her childhood back’

A clinical trial at Sheffield Children’s has transformed 10-year-old Hollie’s life, giving her “her childhood back” after years of painful eczema. Before taking part in...

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Meet Kerry – one of the Research Nurse’s behind our groundbreaking clinical research

This International Nurses Day we are celebrating the dedication, compassion and expertise of nurses working across healthcare and research. Our nurses play a vital role...

Penny, aged 3, in her pram with her family

Sheffield Children’s researchers recruit first European patient to global Dravet syndrome clinical trial

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has become the first site in Europe to recruit a patient to a major international clinical trial investigating a potential new...

Freddie outside in the countryside

Life-changing drug identified for children with rare epilepsy

A new experimental treatment for children with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy is safe and can reduce seizures dramatically, helping them lead much healthier and...

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Rare Disease Day – Harry’s story

On Rare Disease Day, we are shining a light on the experience of families living with conditions that are often misunderstood and misdiagnosed. Harry’s story...

Georgia smiling at the camera and doing a dance move

The show must go on: how a clinical trial helped Georgia dance again

All the world’s a stage for Georgia. Since she was just two-years-old, she’s been a dancer. “I just loved it straight away. I started doing...

Mahn’s story: research is ‘helping build a healthier future for everyone’

Every volunteer who takes part in clinical research at Sheffield Children’s plays a vital role in testing cutting-edge treatments and therapies, improving clinical practices and even saving lives.   16-year-old Mahn, from London, knows this first-hand. After being diagnosed...

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