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December
2022
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An interdisciplinary team led by University of Manchester scientists has adapted a technique originally developed to analyse data from stars to devise a way of accurately measuring the human body clock in hospital patients....
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14
December
2022
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10:45
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A team who led the research for a world-first genetic test that could save the hearing of hundreds of babies each year, has won the New Statesman Positive Impact in Healthcare Award 2022....
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07
December
2022
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The University of Manchester has bagged a prestigious openness award for its pioneering work on communicating animal research to the public....
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07
November
2022
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Professor Judith Hoyland, Vice-Dean and Head of School of Biological Sciences at The University of Manchester has been given a Lifetime Research Achievement Award by the Philadelphia Spine Research Society....
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03
October
2022
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Mice who have been tricked into thinking they are fasting manage inflammation more easily, according to neurobiologists at The University of Manchester and collaborators from the University of Naples ‘Federico II’, in Italy....
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25
August
2022
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15:21
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A study by University of Manchester neuroscientists into the effect of surprise on our memory has inadvertently discovered a method which might help us to perform better in exams....
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08
August
2022
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15:47
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Apple trees respond to a common viral infection by targeting a gene in the same pathway that genetic scientists are aiming at, find scientists from The University of Manchester...
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19
July
2022
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08:23
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An international group of leading scientists publish recommendations for updating existing standards for determining the disease-causing potential of genomic variants, harnessing insights from Genomics England rare disease participants...
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20
June
2022
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20:00
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A breakthrough in our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease has revealed changes to blood vessels in the brain, potentially presenting a path for developing new drugs to help fight the disease, according to University of Manchester research funded by ...
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17
May
2022
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16:19
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have taken an important step towards finding a treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common form of adult blindness in the developed world....
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12
May
2022
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13:00
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The University of Manchester has retained its status as one of the top Universities in the country for openness in animal research....
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11
April
2022
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09:02
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A dietary supplement sold over the counter could be toxic and should not be used until it is shown to be safe, biologists from the Universities of Manchester and Kyoto have discovered....
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31
March
2022
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16:15
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Untreatable wounds are likely to get better when the levels of a biochemical catalyst found in the skin increases, find scientists at The University of Manchester....
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11
March
2022
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09:14
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To celebrate British Science Week (11 to 20 march), The University of Manchester is today launching a special website of online resources developed by researchers, lecturers, staff and students....
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13
January
2022
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13:46
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The journey to a pig-heart transplant began 60 years agoOn Friday, January 7 2022, David Bennett became the world’s first person to successfully receive a transplant of a pig’s heart. The eight-hour-long operation by surgeons at the University of Mar...
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13
January
2022
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08:17
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With omicron having rapidly driven up COVID infections, attention is once again focusing on antibodies, and reasonably so. They play a critical role in fighting off viruses and are important for preventing the coronavirus infecting our cells. This is...
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2021
15
September
2021
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10:18
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PIC SNIPE/Shutterstock Sheena Cruickshank, University of ManchesterSeveral countries – including the UK – are now offering third COVID-19 shots amid reports of vaccines proving less effective over time. But do these countries really need to embark o...
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14
September
2021
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13:17
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Scientists at The University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have discovered a new way that human embryos are able to communicate with mothers-to-be after just six days.
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09
September
2021
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19:53
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An in vitro study of drugs already approved by the regulatory authority in the United States to treat a range of conditions, has shown eight of them are also effective in slowing SARS-CoV-2 replication in infected human cells.
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04
July
2021
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22:17
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Late last year, I asked: is it safe to have more than one type of COVID-19 vaccine? A trial has now addressed that question, as well as what effect combining different vaccine types has on immunity.Most COVID-19 vaccines require two doses, and the us...
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24
June
2021
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10:20
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An international team of scientists from Manchester, Montpellier and Copenhagen have identified why some endurance athletes experience a heart rhythm disturbance called ‘heart block’.
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07
May
2021
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15:30
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A collaboration between comic book creators, academics and young people around the world has resulted in a 9-part Webcomic, the final chapter of which has been published this month.
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14
April
2021
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15:04
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University of Manchester scientists have discovered a persistent alteration in the immune system of patients, six months after they have been hospitalised for Covid-19 which could be associated with poorer health outcomes.
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17
March
2021
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09:00
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University of Manchester scientists have discovered previously unseen blood biomarkers which could one day be used to test for Alzheimer’s disease, years before its symptoms appear.
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04
March
2021
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12:16
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Researchers at The University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have discovered a backup natural pacemaker, which is able to generate a pulse and control the heart rate.
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24
February
2021
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13:14
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A University of Manchester scientist is one of eight to be recognised for her work hunting for a microbe that causes Alzheimer's Diease.
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18
February
2021
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15:03
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The University of Manchester scientists have created the most detailed ever 3D scan of a rare form of congenital heart disease.
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05
February
2021
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10:01
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A newly discovered genetic condition caused by faulty protein synthesis which causes delayed development and learning difficulties could be treated by a compound originally isolated from human sperm, say scientists.
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02
February
2021
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15:00
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Both inactivated and live-attenuated vaccines generally produce an adequate immune response and are safe to use in children suffering with autoimmune diseases treated with all but the most potent immunosuppressants, according to a research review.
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18
January
2021
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10:00
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For the first time, scientists have come up with a precise atomic level explanation for why glulisine- a commonly used medication to treat diabetes- is faster acting than insulin.
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