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This month’s shout-out goes to Cy Gregory: way more than just a fundraising hero this Sepsis Awareness Month. If you haven’t already read Cy’s moving account of his baby son Oliver’s sepsis story in his four-part blog on our website we would really encourage you to do so: read more here. Cy then took over […]
Work for Good If you run or work for a small business, we understand that you’re pulled in all manner of directions, so we’re incredibly grateful when we hear you want to support us through your work and donate just by doing what you already do. We are delighted to have found an even easier […]
Roslin Institute research team As a charity, Sepsis Research FEAT is currently funding the GenOMICC study, led by Dr. Kenneth Baillie, at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh. It is the largest study of its kind anywhere in the world. This pioneering research study focuses on the role genes play in predicting how likely people are […]
Every year we mark World Sepsis Day on the 13th September with our World Sepsis Day Virtual launch event. Gathering speakers from the media, research, and the government as well as sepsis survivors themselves, is a chance to bring together people who really understand sepsis and can talk powerfully and eloquently about why it is […]
Join the fight against sepsis September is Sepsis Awareness Month and we’re asking everyone to get involved and help save lives. Approximately 50,000 people die from sepsis every year in the UK. Worldwide, sepsis takes more lives per year than breast, bowel, and prostate cancer combined. This needs to change. Sepsis Research FEAT is the […]
Dr Kenneth Baillie Sepsis Research FEAT is absolutely delighted to report that GenOMICC’s chief investigator Dr Kenneth Baillie was last week awarded a Pride of Scotland Special Recognition Award. The award was made in recognition of the hugely important work done by Dr Baillie, an Academic Consultant in Critical Care Medicine and Senior Research Fellow […]
Genes linked An international group of scientists has discovered 13 DNA sequences that are associated with people developing the most severe form of Genes linked to severe COVID-19. These latest hugely important findings – recently published in the journal Nature – come from the COVID-19 Host Genomics Initiative, of which researchers from the GenOMICC study […]
Additional £90k funding Sepsis Research FEAT is delighted to continue to support the GenOMICC study at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute. Our aim always has been and always will be to invest in research into sepsis and critical illness to help improve outcomes and develop new treatments. GenoMICC has proven that research into genes […]
Calling All Schools We are delighted to announce that our SEPS_IS (Sepsis in Schools) partnership initiative with the University of Glasgow is now live. Packs are available to any school across the UK, with materials aimed at pupils and teachers at the senior school level. The pack is ready to use in classrooms in the […]
Sepsis Awareness Month 2021 Sepsis Awareness Month in September and World Sepsis Day on the 13th are now just weeks away so you won’t be surprised to hear that the team has been hard at work putting together our plans. This year’s campaign will look a little different from previous years and we have a […]
