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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION 19 April 2024 Dr. Sam Barrell CBE appointed as CEO of LifeArc LifeArc is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sam Barrell, CBE, as Chief Executive...

LifeArc makes multi-million pound investment to support drug discovery in sub-Saharan Africa LifeArc and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are jointly investing £6 million ($7.2m) to enhance...

MEDIA RELEASE LifeArc announces £5 million drug repurposing programme for motor neuron disease LifeArc is launching new £5m programme to help find new treatments for motor neuron disease (MND).The...

New UK-India research project trialling easy-to-use test to help fight against global threat of antimicrobial resistance The second round of the Diagnostics for One Health and User Driven Solutions...

MULTI-MILLION POUND BOOST FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS AIMED AT DEVELOPING NEW TESTS, TREATMENTS AND DEVICES FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Seven major research projects to receive more than £14 million to...

New documentary highlights pioneering scientific research into new targets for treatment of motor neuron disease 10 November 2023 – A new documentary has been released which follows a key discovery...

LifeArc welcomes Stéphane Maikovsky as Interim CEO 2 October 2023 - LifeArc, the self-funded, not-for-profit medical research organisation today announced the appointment of Stéphane Maikovsky as...

Monday 14 August 2023 The Francis Crick Institute and LifeArc partner with five African research institutions to support scientists The Francis Crick institute and self-funded charitable medical...

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and self-funded charitable medical research organisation, LifeArc, are partnering to launch a new Translational Development Fund to help tackle...

LifeArc and DEBRA Austria launch £2.5 million funding callfor repurposing therapies for epidermolysis bullosa New call for projects for treatments that could be repurposed to treat epidermolysis...