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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...
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...
Paediatric Manometry Catheters – GI Physiology Unit

P.O.R.T. funded two paediatric Combined Pressure-Impedance Manometry Catheters for the Paediatric GI Physiology Unit at The Royal London Hospital at a...
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...
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....
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...