Articles tagged with 'Medicine' | University of Manchester

A significant number of patients reported a deterioration in their hearing when questioned eight weeks after discharge from a hospital admission for COVID-19, according to University of Manchester audiologists, in a study supported by the NIHR Manche...

University of Manchester scientists have discovered that removing immune cells from donor hearts using a new technique can reduce the risk of acute rejection after heart transplant surgery - even without the use of powerful immunosuppressant drugs. ...

A team of British and American scientists have discovered a way to slow the growth of breast cancer stem cells in the lab. ...

Early results from a survey of 2000 people in the UK and US has suggested that the COVID-19 transmitted through aerosol transmission is materially significant. ...

Manchester doctors have played a leading role in global coronavirus research, which has found the first drug shown to increase survival rates in people hospitalised with COVID-19. ...

Understanding Animal Research (UAR), an organisation that promotes open communications about animal research, has today released a list of the ten organisations in Great Britain that carry out the highest number of animal procedures – those used in m...

Researchers at the University of East Anglia and University of Manchester have made an important breakthrough that could lead to ‘kinder’ treatments for children with bone cancer, and save lives. ...

New analysis by northern universities - including The University of Manchester - shows a larger increase in COVID-19 deaths, and deaths from all causes, in the north of England compared to the south and indicates the efficacy of lockdown has differed...

A new consortium, led by The University of Manchester (UoM) and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), has been awarded £4.5 Million to help patients with liver disease receive earlier, more accurate, and potentially life-saving diagnoses....

A little-known non-toxic antiseptic developed in the Soviet Union during the Cold War has enormous potential to beat common infections, say University of Manchester scientists. ...

Join the blue woodlice detectives and comb your back gardens as part of a scientific quest to develop an antiviral test. ...

A University of Manchester study of tens of thousands of patients in England with type 2 diabetes has shown that 77% of them have at least one other physical or mental health condition. ...

Hearing damage which isn’t yet severe enough to be diagnosed as hearing loss is common in young adults who regularly attend loud music events, according to University of Manchester led research. ...

Ambulance staff are often the first to attend the site of many difficult scenes. Yau Ming Low/ Shutterstock Being ambulance staff can be a high-stress job. They encounter many situations in their daily line of work that can have a lasting impact ...

An arthritis drug is to be trialed as a treatment for children with a fatal metabolic disorder which causes neurological deterioration thanks to University of Manchester researchers. ...

Researchers from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and The University of Manchester (UoM) are to assess the effectiveness of tests that may give doctors COVID-19 results in minutes rather than days. ...

A European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) database containing information on the effects of COVID-19 on patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases has given some reassurance to patients taking immunosuppressants. ...

Human eggs use chemical signals to attract sperm. New research from Stockholm University, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester  shows that eggs use these chemical signals to “choose” sperm. Different women’s egg...

The higher mortality associated with poorly controlled type 1 and type 2 diabetes could produce a loss of 6 million life years in the UK, according to a study by Manchester data scientists. ...

Early results from a study led by University of Manchester data scientists has shown that of the 47,243 excess deaths in England and Wales in the first nine weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, 9,948 – over a fifth – were not recorded as COVID-19 related....

A GP and part-time tutor at The University of Manchester has delivered over 450 care packages to staff working in the public services who have been living in hotels during the COVID-19 Lockdown. ...

A report led by a University of Manchester scientist for the European Academies of Science (EASAC) and Medicine (FEAM) has called upon European lawmakers to protect regenerative medicine from false claims ...

Women who have gone through the trauma of having a stillbirth are 4 times more likely to develop Lupus than women with an uncomplicated livebirth, according to a University of Manchester study. ...

A new coalition of more than 500 scientists from around the world has been created to share data on COVID-19 gleaned from the use of mass spectrometry techniques which examine people’s blood and other biomarkers. ...

Weight, blood pressure and blood fat elevations are greater in young people who develop type 2 diabetes according to scientists at the Universities of Glasgow and Manchester. ...

A University of Manchester study has linked being overweight with an increased risk of getting COVID-19 in patients with one the UK’s most common lung diseases. ...

In the largest study of its kind, researchers have confirmed a new non-invasive test can be used to help with the early detection of endometrial cancer and at-risk patients. ...

A Professor of Gynaecological Oncology at The University of Manchester , has been awarded a prestigious five-year Advanced Fellowship by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), to investigate whether urine testing can be used to screen wom...

A team of researchers from The University of Manchester, Salford Royal and Res Consortium in the UK, have shown that a significant proportion of people in the UK- over 25% - is likely to have been infected already by the COVID-19 virus. ...

Early results for a potentially revolutionary brain disease therapy given under compassionate use to a 2 year-old has shown promise, a University of Manchester scientist will tell an international conference on Wednesday (13 May). ...