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Researchers have developed a vaccine that blocks the effects of the main cause of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) - nerve growth factor (NGF) - in mice.
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NDORMS researchers awarded for Dupuytren research
Awards Hand Kennedy Main
8 April 2021
Three NDORMS researchers have received awards from the International Dupuytren Society, a patient organisation that brings together Dupuytren Disease patient societies from across the world.
Is surgical repair the best treatment for injuries to the nerves in fingers?
Botnar Hand Main OCTRU SITU
20 November 2019
A new trial, funded by a £1.2 million National Institute of Health Research grant, will explore whether surgery is the best treatment for digital nerve injury.
NDORMS team awarded the International Dupuytren Award
Awards Hand Kennedy Main OCTRU
12 November 2019
Jagdeep Nanchahal, Professor of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Kennedy Institute, and his team have won the International Dupuytren Award for a trial repurposing anti-TNF in Dupuytren’s disease.
Meet the Kennedy team
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Tonia Vincent
Professor of Musculoskeletal Biology
Read the paper
Active immunization targeting Nerve Growth Factor attenuates chronic pain behavior in murine osteoarthritis
Annals of Rheumatic Disease, 12 March 2019. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214489
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