Published:
11:00 AM June 1, 2021
Caroline Clarke, Jon Spiers and Prof Hans Stauss cut the ribbon to celebrate taking control of the Pears Building at the Royal Free in Hampstead
- Credit: Royal Free Charity
The Royal Free Charity has finally got the keys to its flagship new Pears Building.
The £60m building in the grounds of the Royal Free Hospital itself will become the charity s new home – and it will also host the UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation (IIT).
The exterior of the Pears Building on the Royal Free s Hampstead site
- Credit: Janie Airey Hopkins
The building will be able to accommodate up to 200 researchers looking for cures and new treatments for health issues including type 1 diabetes, cancer and organ rejection after a transplant.
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