HCV research UK: a UK national resource to support research into HCV infection

TY - JOUR

T1 - HCV research UK

T2 - a UK national resource to support research into HCV infection

AU - Irving, W.

AU - McLauchlan, J.

AU - Foster, G.

AU - Dillon, J.

AU - Hutchinson, S.

AU - Wilkes, B.

PY - 2012/7

Y1 - 2012/7

N2 - Introduction Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been identified by the MRC and Department of Health MRC as a priority area for research and development to meet the clinical challenges posed by the scale of the infection in the UK. There has been a perceived lack of connection between clinicians and basic scientists working on HCV in the UK to address this problem. Aims: To create a multi-disciplinary consortium comprising clinicians and non-clinical scientists to encourage translational research. To establish a cohort of 10?000 patients with HCV infection across the UK, together with clinical database and biorepository—“HCV Research UK”. To make this resource available to researchers, both academic/commercial, UK-based and abroad.

AB - Introduction Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been identified by the MRC and Department of Health MRC as a priority area for research and development to meet the clinical challenges posed by the scale of the infection in the UK. There has been a perceived lack of connection between clinicians and basic scientists working on HCV in the UK to address this problem. Aims: To create a multi-disciplinary consortium comprising clinicians and non-clinical scientists to encourage translational research. To establish a cohort of 10?000 patients with HCV infection across the UK, together with clinical database and biorepository—“HCV Research UK”. To make this resource available to researchers, both academic/commercial, UK-based and abroad.

U2 - 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302514b.182

DO - 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302514b.182

M3 - Meeting abstract

SN - 0017-5749

VL - 61

SP - A147-A148

JO - Gut

JF - Gut

IS - Suppl. 2

ER -