pioneering treatments to restore patients’ quality of life
RAFT is a medical research charity dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults that have suffered physical trauma.
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pioneering treatments to restore patients’ quality of life
RAFT is a medical research charity dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults that have suffered physical trauma.
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Our Research
RAFT – a medical research charity dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults that have suffered physical trauma.
RAFT’s research projects are primarily focused on developing novel treatments which help the body restore tissue (such as skin, bone and breast tissue) which has been affected by physical trauma or a birth defect. RAFT develops ...
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Keloid Scar Project
Keloid scars appear following trauma to the skin. As many as 1 in 300 people in the UK could suffer from a keloid and may ...
Learn MoreWound Healing
Smart Matrix: healing without a skin graft
RAFT has developed Smart Matrix, an advanced wound care product that has the potential to heal full thickness wounds ...
Learn MoreBreast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
Researching breast reconstruction after mastectomy
Billions of pounds have gone into breast cancer research and treatment, an investment which has radically improved the life expectancy for ...
Learn MoreBone Regeneration
The need:
Severe bone defects caused by accident, disease or tumour removal are extremely debilitating. Bone injury or deterioration can affect anyone, but older people face ...
Learn More3D Printing for facial reconstruction Surgery
The need for facial reconstruction surgery
In the UK alone, approximately 60,000 craniofacial reconstruction surgeries – operations to repair the skull and jaw bones – are ...
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About
RAFT
RAFT was established by plastic surgeons who were dismayed at how long it took for scientific innovations to filter through to patients. Working with burns patients, they believed there was so much more that could be done and so, decided to invest their own money to change the situation.
A Burning Issue
RAFT is a medical research charity founded in 1988 by four plastic surgeons, Roy Sanders, Brian Morgan, Douglas Harrison and Paul Smith, who were dismayed at the lack of successful wound healing treatment options available to patients who had suffered severe burns, such as those injured in oil rig ...
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With support, time and financial help, corporate partnerships help RAFT to do so much more. We are committed to forging dedicated and bespoke partnerships with companies who share our goals and ambitions, ethics and vision. Your business can make a
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RAFT receives no Government funding and so relies on the generosity of our incredible supporters to help make a difference to patients’ quality of life through research. There are so many ways that you can help us to make a difference!
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Impacting UK Plastic Surgery Research
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DNA Sequencing in Cells Containing Pigment
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Making a Leech Latch On
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Burns and Skin Grafts
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Former RAFT Surgical Research Fellow presents ‘Arris & Gale’ Lecture at SARS annual meeting
04Oct2018
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RAFT welcomes new PhD student
20Aug2018
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RAFT receives 3rd International Life Sciences Award from Global Health and Pharma (GHP)
28Apr2019
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