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Award wining project will save lives with new stroke treatment discovery
15 November 2007
Every year 5,000 people in the UK suffer a subarachnoid haemorrhage - a very serious form of stroke – from which they either die or be left with severe brain damage.
By finding effective treatments for this form of stroke survival rates can be dramatically improved as Dr Ming-Yuan Tseng and his team, from Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, have discovered.
As a result of their research, Dr Tseng and his team have found three readily-available medications which can increase the chance of a full recovery for this group of patients from 35 to 60 percent. Their hard work has been recognised by the Bupa Foundation, which has presented them with the medical research charity's annual Research Award.
Dr Tseng said: "The Bupa Foundation Award has inspired me to continue to investigate further treatment for patients suffering stroke or brain injury. In the future I would like to combine these treatments to further improve the outcome."
The vice-chairman of the Bupa Foundation, Dr Andrew Vallance-Owen, said: "This young researcher and his team have discovered readily available treatments which can be used for subarachnoid haemorrhage and will save lives."
Dr Tseng received his Bupa Foundation award at a ceremony at Lincoln's Inn in London on the evening of 14 November 2007.
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