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PORT are funding research in 2023

PORT are very proud to announce that we have agreed to fund the following project, commencing in September 2023, for an...
Paediatric GI Physiology Unit – The Royal London Hospital

During 2013/14 PORT are extremely proud to be funding at a cost of £40,000 a formal paediatric section of the GI...
The effectiveness of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) based intervention on reducing psychological distress in those with Gastro-intestinal dysmotility.

Gastrointestinal dysmotility relates to a spectrum of disorders where there is disruption to the movement of food through the gastrointestinal tract....
Children’s Anorectal Physiology Service – Equipment Funded

P.O.R.T. funded £51,500 to Mr Stewart Cleeve for the Children’s Anorectal Physiology Service at The Royal London Hospital.
Utility of motility-MRI in the assessment of foregut neuromuscular function in children with intestinal pseudo obstruction.

Paediatric intestinal pseudo-obstruction (PIPO) encompasses a group of rare severe disorders affecting the gastrointestinal nerves and muscles. The inability to tolerate...
Developing neurons: their potential for tissue repair funded by PORT (Pseudo Obstruction Research Trust).

PORT ( Pseudo Obstruction Research Trust), is funding £50,000 for this study which aims to demonstrate enteric neurogenesis by human enteric...