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We're raising money in order to fund research into Lyme disease, one of the most under-researched illnesses in the western world. This campaign will support our Innovation Fund, which will see us give grants to exciting projects that look to improve testing and treatment.

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  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Medical Research Medical Research
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    • General Public/Humankind General Public/​Humankind

    Situation

    There are thought to be around 9,000 cases of Lyme disease each year in the UK, but the true figure is unknown, because the current diagnostic tests available on the NHS are not 100% accurate. This can cause delays in diagnosis, which can have a devastating effect on patients, leaving them with chronic illnesses, permanent nerve and tissue damage, and other life-limiting symptoms. Also, there’s currently no way to test and know for sure if treatment has worked, and the current treatment protocols don’t work for every patient.

    Solution

    Only objective and thorough scientific evidence will change the way NHS patients get diagnosed and treated. We aim to help find this evidence by funding research into creating a gold standard test for Lyme disease that will prevent current delays in diagnosis, and the need for UK patients to pay for private and expensive testing or treatment, here or abroad. Our Innovation Fund will help to get ideas off paper and in the lab, and hopefully encourage young minds into the field of Lyme research.

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    Categories

  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Medical Research Medical Research
  • Beneficiaries

    • General Public/Humankind General Public/​Humankind