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Overview: 1% of babies are born with severe defects. These are collectively responsible for over 1/3 of all paediatric hospital admissions. Early intervention, when the baby is still in the womb, in some cases improves outcome in terms of morbidity and mortality. Guided Instrument for Fetal Therapy and Surgery is a seven-year project in collaboration with KU Leuven, Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College Hospital. We aim to develop low-risk techniques for the diagnosis, treatment and therapy of a range of debilitating abnormalities of the baby during pregnancy.
Team: Dr Rosalind Pratt, Efthymios Maneas
Funding: Guided Instrument for Fetal Therapy and Surgery is a seven-year project funded by the Wellcome Trust and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Links: GIFT Surg, The Guardian