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2017
30
November
2017
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11:46
Europe/London
Fortunate Machingura, University of Manchester
In Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, the poor and the marginalised with HIV/AIDS lived on borrowed time. Although there were significant strides in reducing the country’s HIV prevalence from an …
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2016
07
November
2016
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13:43
Europe/London
Fungal infection causes around half of AIDS-related deaths, of which there were 1,100,000 in 2015. Data analysis by Professor David Denning and published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B suggests that the opportunity to save …
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01
November
2016
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12:03
Europe/London
With an HIV infection rate of around 7.2%, Uganda has a particular problem with the serious effects of fungal infection which takes hold in vulnerable people. However, the branch of medicine which deals with these infections, medical mycology, is …
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11
August
2016
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09:00
Europe/London
The world is in the grip of a global crisis that kills the equivalent of the populations of Philadelphia, Kampala or Prague - around 1.6 million each year.
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17
May
2016
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09:31
Europe/London
Your shoe fits the size of your foot, so why is your drug dose not tailored to your own personal characteristics in the same way? To answer this question, some of the world’s leading experts in health care and pharmaceutical science are coming …
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14
March
2016
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16:00
Europe/London
AN HIV DRUG could stop one of the early changes in skin cancer cells that leads to them becoming resistant to treatment, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study published in Cancer Cell* today (Monday).
The researchers looked at …
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2015
18
December
2015
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12:27
Europe/London
A University of Manchester master’s student graduating today, 18 December, will receive a prize for not only his outstanding medical science studies but also his volunteering activity in the community.
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15
October
2015
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15:30
Europe/London
Working with medical colleagues across the world, Professor David Denning has entered the history books by publishing 15 scientific papers on the same day – providing 15 countries with evidence to combat the burden of …
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14
April
2015
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16:38
Europe/London
Research from The University of Manchester using cutting edge computer analysis reveals that despite mutating, Ebola hasn’t evolved to become deadlier since the first outbreak 40 years ago.
The surprising results demonstrate that whilst a …
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24
February
2015
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10:21
Europe/London
Early detection and treatment of fungal meningitis and pneumonia can save hundreds of thousands of lives, for a cost of 'only $30' per HIV patient, a conference convened by a University of Manchester academic has concluded.
At the event …
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18
January
2015
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23:00
Europe/London
To look into that question Professor Mukesh Kapila CBE, Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at The University of Manchester, has been visiting Sierra Leone and Liberia, from where he returned on Saturday 17 …
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2014
16
December
2014
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10:30
Europe/London
A doctor who graduated at The University of Manchester last week (10 December 2014) is already using his skills in the world’s newest country to transform the way authorities care for pregnant women.
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03
December
2014
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10:00
Europe/London
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially partnered with a research centre at The University of Manchester which promotes improvements in women’s health in low and middle income countries.
The Centre for Global Women’s Health …
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27
November
2014
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00:01
Europe/London
As winter approaches doctors are warning that wet washing dried indoors can pose a serious health threat for people with weakened immune systems or severe asthma.
Experts have found that clothes put on drying frames or draped over warm radiators …
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23
October
2014
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01:00
Europe/London
The University of Manchester has begun a new partnership with a Brazilian university to carry out more research into a fungal lung infection which affects at least three million people worldwide and is 75% fatal.
The researchers from Manchester …
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17
February
2014
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00:00
Europe/London
A commonly-used HIV drug has been shown to kill-off the human papilloma virus (HPV) that leads to cervical cancer in a world-first clinical trial led by The University of Manchester with Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi.
Drs Ian and …
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2013
26
August
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
A University of Manchester professor and his wife have had their own DNA analysed for compatibility as part of the research for a new book out this week (August 29).
Professor Daniel Davis and his wife Katie’s experience is documented in …
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14
August
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
The University of Manchester has invested in building a world-leading research group to tackle a problem that is largely unrecognised yet affects millions of people each year.
Globally and annually, over 300 million people suffer from serious …
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11
April
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
A former United Nations (UN) chief and University of Manchester Professor, who let the world know about genocide in Darfur, has called for more to be done in Syria ahead of a debate in Manchester next week.
Professor Mukesh Kapila, Professor of …
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10
April
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
Certain types of papilloma virus might actually prevent cervical cancer, according to a new study by researchers from The University of Manchester.
There are over 100 different types of human papilloma virus (HPV). Cervical cancer is known to be …
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2012
23
October
2012
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01:00
Europe/London
A study led by The University of Manchester has demonstrated that new technology that can analyse millions of gene sequences in a matter of seconds is an effective way to quickly and accurately identify diseases in skeletons.
Professor Terry …
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05
October
2012
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01:00
Europe/London
Analysis by Dr Iain Brassington, ethicist, Centre for Social Ethics and Policy ,University of Manchester.
“The news that Japanese researchers have successfully induced skin cells to behave like viable eggs, which have then been fertilised …
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01
June
2012
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01:00
Europe/London
A member of staff at The University of Manchester, who remortgaged his house to set up a children’s centre in Hulme, has been honoured by the University.
Lenox Green and his wife Heather have spent six evenings a week for the past eight …
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11
May
2012
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01:00
Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s Medical School has appointed Mukesh Kapila as Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs.
Professor Kapila has extensive experience in the policy and practice of international development, …
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2011
07
November
2011
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00:00
Europe/London
Scientists have moved a step closer to understanding how one of our body’s own proteins helps stop the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) in its tracks.
The study, carried out by researchers at The University of Manchester and the Medical …
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01
June
2011
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01:00
Europe/London
A world-leader in global and public health is to give a public lecture at The University of Manchester today (Wednesday, June 1).
Lawrence O Gostin, Professor of Global Health Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, will present a public …
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05
May
2011
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01:00
Europe/London
Deadly human fungal infections caused by certain strains of Aspergillus fungi appear to be developing resistance to current drug treatments at an alarming rate, say scientists.
University of Manchester researchers, working with colleagues in …
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03
May
2011
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01:00
Europe/London
A widely used HIV drug could be used to prevent cervical cancer caused by infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV), say scientists.
University of Manchester researchers, working with colleagues in Canada, have discovered how the antiviral …
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2010
13
December
2010
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00:00
Europe/London
A Kenyan who spent most of his life in two of Africa’s most notorious slums will receive his masters degree with distinction at The University of Manchester today (13 Dec).
Salim Mohammed has followed in the footstep of his friend Sammy …
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20
January
2010
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00:00
Europe/London
Researchers at The University of Manchester are to take part in an EU project which aims to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of support for HIV sufferers in southern Africa.
The Euro 1.2 million funded consortium of institutions, …
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