Articles tagged with 'cancer' | University of Manchester

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2024
18
March
2024
| 09:01 Europe/London
Dr Raymond Schofield was awarded the 22nd annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences with Judith Kimble and Allan Spradling for their discovery of the stem cell niche, a localised environment that controls stem cell identity.
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01
March
2024
| 10:08 Europe/London
Artificial Intelligence has helped scientists reveal a new form of aggressive prostate cancer which could revolutionise how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future.
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22
January
2024
| 15:07 Europe/London
Researchers from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)  and University of Manchester have been instrumental in developing the first guideline for cancer screening in an
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2023
15
November
2023
| 12:52 Europe/London
The Eve Appeal, together with North West Cancer Research, will be awarding a three-year Fellowship to Dr Kelechi Njoku, from The University of Manchester, to develop a simpler and kinder test for detecting womb cancer.
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16
October
2023
| 07:42 Europe/London
Results from the largest ever review of clinical trials in cancer screening, prevention, and early detection (SPED) have been published.
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11
October
2023
| 10:17 Europe/London
Researchers are investigating how to stop triple negative breast cancer spreading, thanks to new funding from Breast Cancer Now.
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18
September
2023
| 09:16 Europe/London
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester have been awarded half a million pounds of funding from the Medical Research Council to produce a new immunotherapy for oesophageal cancer patients.
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29
August
2023
| 09:53 Europe/London
Friends and supporters of a University of Manchester student midwife diagnosed with a rare type of cancer are to raise money for charity on a 5K run in Media City.
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04
July
2023
| 03:52 Europe/London
Manchester researchers have developed a way to improve the accuracy of breast cancer genetic testing for women from Ashkenazi Jewish backgrounds.
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27
June
2023
| 11:25 Europe/London
The University of Manchester and Cancer Research UK have joined the PRIME-ROSE project, a Europe-wide effort to boost patient access to precision cancer medicine (PCM).
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22
June
2023
| 16:29 Europe/London
Manchester researchers have been awarded over £1 million by NHS England to explore the use of an innovative test for liver cancer, which will help patients access earlier care and potentially save lives.
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07
June
2023
| 11:02 Europe/London
A research programme called Living With and Beyond Cancer (LWBC) led by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust with The University of Manchester as part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre
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17
May
2023
| 10:53 Europe/London
World-leading scientists, clinicians and operational staff are now moving into a new £150m cancer research centre at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust’s site on Wilmslow Road in Withington. The building is part of the Manchester Cancer
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11
April
2023
| 13:15 Europe/London
A clinical trial project led by The University of Manchester has scooped the Bionow Healthcare Project of the Year Award for their innovative multi-drug pan-cancer platform trial that is helping to find new treatments for rare cancers.
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16
March
2023
| 09:32 Europe/London
Imaging researchers have taken a major step towards their ultimate goal of identifying cancers that are starved of oxygen so that altered treatment can be used to target them more effectively.
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23
January
2023
| 15:52 Europe/London
The search for new cancer treatments in Manchester is to receive a major funding investment of up to £3m, providing future hope for people diagnosed with the disease.
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05
January
2023
| 01:34 Europe/London
A rare variant of a protein present in nearly all human cells may hold the key to improving the effectiveness of breast cancer treatment, according to University of Manchester research funded by Breast Cancer Now.  
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2022
23
November
2022
| 09:24 Europe/London
Cancer Research UK, The University of Manchester and Roche Products Ltd (‘Roche’), today (Wednesday 23rd), announce that they have opened a multi-drug, precision medicine trial for people with rare cancers who need more treatment options.
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12
October
2022
| 12:33 Europe/London
A groundbreaking initiative by Manchester and Kenyan researchers to bring world leading oesophageal cancer early detection and research to Kenya has received £2.6 million funding from the Government through the National Institute for Health
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04
October
2022
| 17:00 Europe/London
A new study by scientists at PharmaKure -  a UK based pharmaceutical company spun out from The University of Manchester -is to examine blood biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease patients.
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22
September
2022
| 15:42 Europe/London
Greater Manchester’s capacity to detect and diagnose cancers – and other health conditions which disproportionally affect the city region’s population – has been accelerated through a new strategic partnership.
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21
September
2022
| 23:59 Europe/London
Current international breast cancer surgery guidelines need urgent revision, according to a meta-analysis of 68 studies comprising 112,140 patients by University of Manchester researchers.
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20
September
2022
| 09:00 Europe/London
Professor Petra Hamerlik, one of the world’s leading experts in neuro-oncology, has joined The University of Manchester to develop translational brain tumour research as the first-ever The Brain Tumour Charity Chair of Translational
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24
August
2022
| 15:07 Europe/London
Doctors could one day diagnose and characterise early stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with a simple blood test thanks to a transatlantic study led by CRUK Manchester Institute Cancer Biomarker Centre researchers at the University of Manchester
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06
June
2022
| 14:41 Europe/London
High doses of drug called ifosfamide are the best way to treat a cancer of children which affects bones and soft tissues, compared to three other treatments, according to University of Manchester researchers.
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01
June
2022
| 07:38 Europe/London
A study of 1.3 million women in England has provided evidence to support the extension of cervical cancer screening intervals from three years to five years for those that have a negative screen result.
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10
May
2022
| 12:20 Europe/London
A ban of commercially available indoor tanning would substantially reduce deaths from melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, a study led  by University of Manchester researchers has concluded.
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05
May
2022
| 16:08 Europe/London
A simple blood test that can be given by GPs could help diagnose ovarian cancer faster and more accurately, particularly for women under the age of 50, according to research funded by leading women’s health charity, Wellbeing of Women.
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17
March
2022
| 10:19 Europe/London
Dr. Na Yu (Cherry) Chia launched her medtech start up ErleaDx, after her studies at The University of Manchester.
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26
January
2022
| 09:00 Europe/London
A new trial opens in Greater Manchester today which is to test cutting-edge wearable technologies involving patients who have received cancer treatment.
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