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Organ/system-specific diseases
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This section looks at some of the difficulties that can affect the kidneys, liver, digestion, eyes, ears and skin, and work being done by AMRC members to tackle these.
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Kidneys
A large number of problems can affect the kidneys, from infections to chronic kidney disease
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Liver
Up to 2 million people here may suffer from chronic liver disease, but many remain unaware of their illness
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Digestion
Digestive disorders are not perhaps the most glamorous area of medical research, but we ignore them at our peril
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Eyes and ears
‘Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart’ - poet and novelist Anne Brontë
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Skin
Eight million people in the UK suffer from some form of skin disease: 1 million have psoriasis, 40,000 new cases of skin cancer are reported each year and 20 per cent of children have eczema
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