Ellis

Ellis has cerebral palsy.

Thanks to Action Medical Research, children like Ellis are benefiting from state-of-the-art equipment to help improve their posture and mobility. This has huge potential for enhancing their future quality of life.

Lottie

Lottie has an artificial hip.

Artificial hip replacement surgery was pioneered by Action Medical Research, and this procedure now transforms the lives of around 50,000 people each year.

Beth

Beth was born prematurely.

Through dozens of different research projects over many years, Action Medical Research has dramatically improved the likelihood that premature babies will survive and stay healthy.

Paul

Paul has diabetes.

A team supported by Action Medical Research has found strong evidence that a form of diabetes is caused by a virus, meaning that in the future a vaccine could be developed to prevent this common disease.

Janet

Janet suffered with pre-eclampsia.

This potentially fatal complication of pregnancy is the focus of several Action Medical Research projects, working on innovative ways of predicting, diagnosing and treating pre-eclampsia to save many more mothers and babies in the future.