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£2.9m boost for research into incontinence
EXPERTS have won a grant of £2.9m for a ground-breaking research project in Yorkshire to investigate better ways of treating and managing incontinence.
The programme will see scientists in Sheffield collaborate with partners in Europe and the United States to develop new technology in the management of continence and evaluate new treatments using tissue engineering.
Problems related to continence affect as many as 40 per cent of people by the age of 65 and numbers will grow significantly as the population ages.
Doctors in the urology department in Sheffield's hospitals will lead the project, with specialist researchers from the Kroto Institute and the Biomedical Science Institute at Sheffield University and the faculty of health and wellbeing at Sheffield Hallam University.
Consultant urological surgeon Professor Christopher Chapple, who is heading the project, said: "We are very excited that this funding has been secured in Sheffield. It will aid the education of new researchers in the field and really help tacking the problem which affects many people."
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