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A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University suggests that fecal transplants could be used as a treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The randomized controlled trial published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology found that fecal transplants in...

Once patients with psychosis start treatment, some get better in weeks while it can take months for others. “We wanted to see if we could understand and influence this disparity,” said Dr. Lena Palaniyappan, Associate Professor at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and Scientist at...

When cases of COVID-19 began spreading in the London region, Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) had to rapidly adjust to a new environment. As a hospital based research institute, Lawson is uniquely positioned to address the medical questions posed by a new virus. The expertise and...

Congratulations to Lawson researchers Drs. Elizabeth Finger and Javeed Sukhera, and medical residents Adam (Zeke) Guy and Melissa Schorr, who have received research funding from the Physician’s Services Incorporated (PSI) Foundation. The PSI Foundation is a physician-centered non-profit organization...

Three studies investigating a range of important COVID-19 questions led by teams from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University are among an initial 15 projects funded through the Government of Ontario’s COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund. Studying a human protein in the treatment of...

Researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute are investigating whether an artificial neural network could be used to diagnose COVID-19. The AI system is being trained to learn and recognize patterns in ultrasound lung scans of patients with confirmed COVID-19 at London Health Sciences Centre...

Health researchers in London and across Canada welcomed news that the federal government will provide urgently-needed financial support for research teams whose work has been largely shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced $450 million in new funding to help...

Led by Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), University Health Network (UHN) and General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-Canada), researchers have designed a non-invasive ventilation mask that could significantly reduce aerosolization – the production of airborne...

A study from Western University, Lawson Health Research Institute and ICES provides further evidence of a link between a common class of medications called anticholinergics and the onset of dementia. Anticholinergic medications are those that act on the body’s cholinergic receptors, and are used to...

As part of a randomized controlled trial, a team from Lawson Health Research Institute is the first in the world to treat a patient with COVID-19 using a modified dialysis device. The device gently removes a patient’s blood, modifies white blood cells and returns them to fight hyperinflammation. It...

Hospital-based research is uniquely positioned to tackle the unprecedented COVID-19 challenge and quickly translate results into illness prevention and care for patients. Lawson Health Research Institute, the research institute of London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Joseph’s Health Care...

As part of an initiative called the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research (GCCR), scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University are studying the sudden loss of smell in COVID-19 patients. They are asking individuals with confirmed or presumptive cases of COVID-19...