How did we do?Philanthropy and innovationWe are indebted to the generous philanthropistswho have the vision to invest in new research,equipment and services. They, in partnership withsome of the world’s leading experts, are helping totransform treatment and care for King’s patients.Funded entirely by charitable donations, theMowatLabs is a state-of-the-art paediatricresearch facility at King’s College Hospital. Namedin honour of the late Professor Alex Mowat, theUK’s first Paediatric Hepatologist, the MowatLabsprovides the best possible working environment tocoordinate and advance research into childhoodliver disease.The MowatLabs exists for one purpose– to transform the lives of youngpeople with liver disease throughpioneering research excellence.”– Professor Anil Dhawan, Director of Research and Innovation,King’s College Hospital“We need to know why certain things happen inchildren’s liver disease,” says Professor Dhawan.“Once we have worked out how and why…then it is alot easier for us to find out what we can do about it.”Many of MowatLabs’ breakthroughs have onlybeen made possible through the generosity of oursupporters and we are proud to work in partnershipwith donors and clinicians to go above and beyondwhat the NHS is able to provide.3D bioprinting and bioinks3D bioprinting is a revolutionary technology thatdeposits biomaterials containing cells, known asbioinks, into precise geometries to build 3D tissuesuch as skin patches for burn grafts or cartilage forjoint repair.Thanks to the support of Pallak and Faiza Seth, wehave been able to purchase a state-of-the-art 3Dbioprinter. Researchers will use it to create a 3Dbiological environment that mimics the liver, whichwill revolutionise their work and help them developthe next generation of liver microbeads.Over the next four years, Tim Flynn has kindlypledged to support the MowatLabs teams’ body ofwork by funding two postdoctoral researchers; onewith a focus on the use of bioprinting technology inresearching paediatric liver disease and developingtreatments, and the other on cognitive developmentin young children with acute liver disease.Professor Anil Dhawan and the teamat King’s are an amazing group ofpeople who I’ve had the pleasureof working with for many years.The work they do, the impact ofthe projects developed are trulyoutstanding…I feel very lucky to havebeen a part of this wonderful Charity!”– Tim Flynn18S U P P O R T K I N G S .O R G .U K
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