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Research by academics including Professor Christian Ottensmeier has found that people with severe cases of COVID-19 may be left with more of the protective "memory" T cells needed to fight reinfection.

Professor Carlo Palmieri, a Consultant Medical Oncologist at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, has contributed to an important new finding in the treatment of some breast cancers. The findings about the positive role of androgens are reinforced by outcomes from a Phase II clinical trial that Professor Palmieri offered at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust – which provides the specialist cancer service for the 2.4m people of Cheshire and Merseyside – has appointed two new non-executive directors to its Board. Councillor Anna Rothery and Dr Asutosh T. Yagnik began their three-year terms this month at the Trust.

The team that developed Cheshire & Merseyside’s new specialist cancer hospital – the 11-storey Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter – has been shortlisted for a major national award. They are finalists in the Built Environment category of the HSJ Partnership Awards 2021, which recognise outstanding dedication to improving healthcare and effective collaboration with the NHS.

This week we'd like to introduce you to Connie, a third-year Biological Science student at the University of Liverpool and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool volunteer.

You can now watch our Annual Members Meeting which covers our performance in 2019/20 and our plans for 2020/21.

Professor Christian Ottensmeier has been appointed to lead a team of researchers working on immunotherapies for cancer as part of a major investment by NHS partners and the University of Liverpool. Prof Ottensmeier is a Consultant Medical Oncologist at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

A Burtonwood man with pancreatic cancer has thanked NHS staff at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Royal Liverpool and Whiston Hospitals for the outstanding care he has received during the COVID-19 pandemic.