|
|
NEWS
----- Press Release
-----
Upperton
Receives UK Government Award to Fund Lung Imaging
Programme
3rd January 2001
|
 |
Upperton
Limited announces that it has been granted a UK Government
SMART award. The research award will be used to fund
an exploratory programme seeking to develop novel contrast
agents to enhance imaging procedures for the lung.
Nottingham,
UK: Upperton Limited, an emerging research and development
company, is to receive UK Government funding to initiate
a novel research programme in the field of lung contrast
imaging.
The
SMART award will be used to fund research aimed at exploiting
the company's novel microparticle technology. The goal
will be to develop a dry powder formulation of an x-ray
contrast agent that will be capable of enhancing both
conventional x-ray and CT images. It is envisaged that
the contrast agent will be inhaled as a dry powder.
The
programme will run alongside an existing study investigating
the contrast enhancement of lung images during MRI procedures.
Founding
Director, Dr Richard Johnson, was delighted on the successful
outcome of the grant application whilst accepting that
a number of technical hurdles will need to be overcome
during the study.
Upperton
has a number of research projects in progress at its
Nottingham laboratories and is seeking research partners
to accelerate the exploitation of the company's unique
microparticle technology.
-----
End -----
|
