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2021
20
October
2021
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10:58
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Our body clock allows bodily processes to occur at certain times of the day, like eating, sleeping and body temperature.
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2020
27
April
2020
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10:00
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New research has revealed new insights into common asthma aerosol treatments to aid the drug’s future improvements which could benefit hundreds of millions of global sufferers.
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2018
20
September
2018
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15:34
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered a genetic mutation in humans linked to a 17-fold increase in the amount of dangerous fungal spores in the lungs.
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11
September
2018
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16:00
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Research conducted in part at The University of Manchester has found that mothers with elevated blood glucose during pregnancy – even if not high enough to meet the traditional definition of gestational diabetes – were significantly more likely to ha...
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10
September
2018
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15:13
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The human body clock could have a significant impact on the way doctors are able to diagnose and treat asthma, according to new research.
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12
February
2018
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11:00
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A study of over 20 thousand Twitter posts has revealed that less serious side-effects of steroids worry patients the most.
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15
January
2018
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15:00
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A team at The University of Manchester have found that in a minority of patients they studied, the standard treatment for asthma - oral steroids - was associated with increased levels of the treatable mould Aspergillus in the lung.
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2017
08
December
2017
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08:00
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New research presented today (Friday 8th December) at the British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting shows the human body clock significantly impacts on sample results used to diagnose and treat asthma when taken at different times of the day. This may ...
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01
August
2017
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11:00
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University of Manchester researchers have co-ordinated a ‘first of its kind’ series, published today in the prestigious journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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18
May
2017
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09:31
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The public are invited to download a free app to track their seasonal allergy symptoms and to help researchers understand more about why the frequency of allergies are increasing.
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02
May
2017
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09:47
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A new study by University of Manchester researchers, published today - World Asthma Day - has probed the features that both patients and healthcare professionals want from an asthma management app.
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10
March
2017
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14:00
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Bedcovers which form a barrier to house dust mites appear to reduce asthma flare-ups in children, according to new research conducted in Manchester.
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2016
16
November
2016
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00:01
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Experts are warning of a significant increase in the number of people in the UK who are living with invasive and serious fungal diseases that affect the lungs, bloodstream and brain and can sometimes lead to death
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25
August
2016
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10:52
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Children with asthma will soon be able to breathe easier thanks to an interactive app created by a University of Manchester spin-out company.
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26
May
2016
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09:00
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Bereavement, bullying, exams and physical health conditions such as acne and asthma are some of the experiences linked to suicide in children and young people according to a new report by The University of Manchester’s National Confidential Inquiry i...
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24
March
2016
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11:01
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British allergy sufferers are to turn citizen scientists in a bid to decode the poorly understood world of seasonal allergies thanks to a free new app.
The app – called #BritainBreathing – a collaboration between the Royal Society of Biology, the ...
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04
March
2016
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13:56
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Researchers gathered in Manchester for the Advances Against Aspergillosis international conference have had the first glimpse of new antifungal agents. Problems with toxicity and resistance limit treatment options currently for the millions of patien...
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2015
15
October
2015
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15:30
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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 fungal disease.
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09
September
2015
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16:33
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Around 300 million individuals affected annually and over 1.5 million deathsMFIG is a new international centre of excellence for fungal infection biology
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27
March
2015
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11:02
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No new antifungal drug has been licensed since 2006, and the last new class of antifungal emerged in 2002. With an estimated 300 million people worldwide with serious fungal disease and 1.3 to 2 million deaths, new agents are desperately needed.In a ...
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2014
04
December
2014
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09:00
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Researchers at The University of Manchester and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have developed a new interactive smartphone game can help children use a key asthma inhaler (‘a spacer’) far more effectively, allowing them ...
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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 r...
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25
November
2014
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10:00
Europe/London
Interventions such as the smoking ban help to break habits instead of relying on individuals to make the right decision for their health
More public health interventions, along the lines of the smoking ban, are needed to tackle Britain's devastati...
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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 ar...
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22
October
2014
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01:00
Europe/London
A new study by The University of Manchester, working with colleagues at King’s College London and the University of Dundee, has found a strong link between exposure to peanut protein in household dust during infancy and the development of peanut alle...
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28
July
2014
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01:00
Europe/London
Scientists from The University of Manchester have discovered why medication to treat asthma and pneumonia can become ineffective.
The findings, published in Nature Medicine, show that drugs widely used to treat lung diseases work with the body clo...
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15
July
2014
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01:00
Europe/London
Crop spraying on British farms could be aiding a life-threatening fungus suffered by tens of thousand of people in the UK each year.
New research by British and Dutch scientists has found that Aspergillus – a common fungus that attacks the lungs a...
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04
July
2014
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01:00
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Researchers and participants involved in a long-term study into asthma and allergies by The University of Manchester and the University Hospital of South Manchester marked its landmark birthday with a big party at the Wythenshawe-based hospital.
T...
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27
June
2014
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01:00
Europe/London
A medical student from Manchester had made a major discovery which will help doctors diagnose and treat patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) while working with a University of Manchester led team at the University Hospital of South Manchester.
Jo Ar...
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15
May
2014
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01:00
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Children who receive antibiotics before their first birthday might be at a slightly increased risk of developing asthma. However, new research by The University of Manchester suggests that it is impaired viral immunity and genetic variants on a regio...
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