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‘Mini-lungs’ reveal early stages of SARS-CoV-2 infection
26 October 2020Tissue donated to Royal Papworth Hospital has been used to grow ‘mini-lungs’, which was then infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, to see how the human body responds in the early stages following infection.
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Black History Month 2020: Making positive changes
22 October 2020Judy Machiwenyika is chair of Royal Papworth Hospital's Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network. She discusses the barriers black people face at work and what is being done to address those issues.
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Official topping-out ceremony held for new Heart and Lung Research Institute as construction nears halfway stage
21 October 2020The Institute will create the largest cardiothoracic centre for research, education, industry collaboration and clinical care in Europe.
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Lung transplant to feature in next episode of BBC documentary series ‘Surgeons: At the Edge of Life’
16 October 2020David Halsey’s double lung transplant at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge will be broadcast in episode three of the BBC Two programme on Tuesday 20 October
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Black History Month 2020: Victor's story
15 October 2020Victor Tapah is a critical care nurse at Royal Papworth Hospital. He shares his story of fleeing Cameroon in 2012 in search of a better life.
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Marathon 18-hour chest wall reconstruction on former builder to be broadcast on BBC Two
11 October 2020Kevin, a grandfather of two from Peterborough, undergoes complex operation at Royal Papworth Hospital in episode two of ‘Surgeons: At the Edge of Life’
