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• 17.07.2008 - News Guardian

  Cerebral Palsy girl in pioneering project A YOUNG Wallsend girl who is living with cerebral palsy is taking part in a new pioneering project being piloted at the RVI Hospital in Newcastle.

  Nine-year-old Chloe Allan from Queens Crescent is involved in the project, which uses tailor-made computer games and is being piloted at the Cerebral Palsy Research and Therapy Centre, with ten other children from the north east.

• 09.07.2008 - Whitehaven News

  Baby joy for couple in pioneering scheme

  A CUMBRIAN couple are among the first to be expecting a baby after taking part in a world-first IVF scheme at Newcastle. In total, four Cumbrian couples were found suitable and one of them is now expecting a baby in the autumn.

• 09.07.2008 - Northeast Journal

  Computer games help young cerebral palsy sufferers

  CHILDREN with cerebral palsy are being encouraged to play computer games in a pioneering way to help treat the condition. Ten North East families are taking part in the therapy trials using specially-written software and hi-tech Nintendo Wii remote controls.

• 07.07.2008 - Northeast Journal

  Fighting to find a cure

  THE family of a little girl who suffers from a rare genetic disorder has launched a fundraising campaign in a bid to find a cure for her condition. Toddler Emily Kate Jackson is playful and adventurous, but just weeks ago she was airlifted to intensive care battling through a two hour epileptic seizure.

• 03.06.2008 - Mail on Sunday

  Boy cured of 'terminal illness' which meant just a kiss could have killed him

  Young Rhys Harris is the first child in Britain to be cured of a rare illness that should have killed him - thanks to space-age medical technology. The brave seven-year-old suffered from the rare genetic disease called Nemo which crippled his immune system and left him dying.

• 20.05.2008 - Northeast Journal

  Vote gives the green light to vital research

  NORTH East scientists conducting research into animal-human hybrid embryos last night won the go-ahead to expand their pioneering work. The House of Commons backed continuing the research amid hopes it will lead to treatments and cures for illnesses such motor neurone disease and Alzheimerâ s.

• 21.04.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle

  Your Health: Hope brought to sufferers of digestive system disease

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• 21.04.2008 - Guardian Unlimited - Science

  New technique could help safeguard cancer patients' fertility

  Scientists have found a way to store and grow a woman's immature eggs in the laboratory using a technique which could be used to protect the fertility of women undergoing chemotherapy.

• 08.04.2008 - Liverpool Echo

  We wanted to do all we could to help others with breast cancer

  Colleagues Helen Simms and Bridget Major have turned their experience of breast cancer around to raise awareness of the condition. Health reporter Helen Rae explains.

• 22.03.2008 - Daily Mail

  Sir Bobby's goal is to raise millions for cancer drugs

  TV personalities Des Lynam and Jim Rosenthal will help Sir Bobby, who is currently fighting cancer for the fifth time, host the launch event. Money raised over the next 12 months will help equip a new Cancer Trials Research Centre at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital.