PORT Digest April 2020

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...
Harnessing MRI for the diagnosis of chronic intestinal pseudo obstruction funded by Pseudo Obstruction research Trust (PORT).

The Nottingham Gastrointestinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (GI MRI) group has spent 20 years developing the use of MRI to evaluate the...
A new approach to gastroparesis and nausea

The study, funded through PORT (Pseudo Obstruction Research Trust), will use human stomach to measure the contractions of the muscle and...
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...
P.O.R.T Supporting the 100,000 Genomes Project

P.O.R.T is supporting the recruitment of people with CIPO onto the 100,000 Genomes Project.
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...