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2018
22
February
2018
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13:00
Europe/London
A new method of measuring blood glucose levels in people with diabetes is a significant advance in the management of the disease, according to an independent assessment by University of Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and …
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09
February
2018
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14:32
Europe/London
Scientists have successfully produced human kidney tissue within a living organism which is able to produce urine, a first for medical science.
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08
January
2018
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16:42
Europe/London
An international team of scientists and doctors has identified a family of five new genetic diseases which are likely to affect more than 1 in 5000 children
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2017
12
December
2017
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11:40
Europe/London
A team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health and University of Manchester have uncovered new insights into a rare genetic disease, with less than 500 cases of the disease on record, which devastates the lives of children.
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12
December
2017
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09:00
Europe/London
An international team of scientists have confirmed the discovery of a major cause of dementia, with important implications for possible treatment and diagnosis.
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07
December
2017
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21:17
Europe/London
An international team of scientists and doctors has identified a new disease that results in low levels of a common protein found inside our cells.
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25
September
2017
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11:27
Europe/London
The University of Manchester is part of a national consortium which has been awarded a £1.7 million grant to create the world’s largest Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease (IMID) Biobank, in excess of 40,000 patients.
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2016
15
December
2016
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10:00
Europe/London
A Nigerian public health professional has graduated from a world-leading Manchester course, and she now hopes to use her skills to improve the health of young people in her home country.
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07
December
2016
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09:14
Europe/London
The Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research at The University of Manchester will receive a major funding boost as part of an £118m injection announced today by charitable foundation, Wellcome Trust.
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29
September
2016
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10:52
Europe/London
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has named a research study funded by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC) Greater Manchester as its …
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28
September
2016
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09:40
Europe/London
A gene dubbed the ‘Teashirt’ by its discoverers has been identified as a link between children with kidney problems and autism, in a new study which has implications for how doctors working on both conditions administer tests to their …
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18
August
2016
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09:00
Europe/London
Clinician scientist, Dr Rachel Lennon, has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science worth more than £1.7 million, to help identify therapeutic targets to treat chronic kidney disease.
Dr Lennon …
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2015
10
December
2015
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00:01
Europe/London
Scientists have developed a new imaging test that could enable doctors to identify more dangerous tumours before they spread around the body – and tailor treatment accordingly.
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03
June
2015
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13:30
Europe/London
A new technique for treating polycystic kidney disease has been identified by researchers at The University of Manchester and UCL.
Published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, the treatment, which involves targeting tiny blood …
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18
May
2015
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15:33
Europe/London
Scientists at The University of Manchester and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have made a significant breakthrough in the fight against Membranous Nephropathy (MN) – a rare kidney disease which can lead to kidney …
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14
May
2015
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14:25
Europe/London
The most detailed study to date showing how electrical stimulation accelerates wound healing has been carried out in 40 volunteers by University of Manchester scientists.
Skin wounds that are slow to heal are a clinical challenge to physicians …
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28
April
2015
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14:49
Europe/London
Scientists at The University of Manchester have made an important finding that could help develop an early test for kidney disease.
Dr Rachel Lennon from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research has been studying why some people are …
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29
January
2015
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09:30
Europe/London
The University of Manchester is to lead a new £5.1 million consortium of universities and industry partners in a project aimed at eliminating the ‘trial and error’ approach to the treatment of lupus.
Systemic lupus …
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06
January
2015
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09:44
Europe/London
A University of Manchester scientist has discovered that very small changes in the level of acidity in blood may have a detrimental impact on the health of patients with kidney disease.
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is common in the UK. It …
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2014
20
November
2014
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09:31
Europe/London
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has announced that The University of Manchester’s Centre for Primary Care will continue to be part of the prestigious NIHR School for Primary Care Research.
Membership of the School confers …
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24
October
2014
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10:22
Europe/London
A healthcare intervention developed by researchers at The University of Manchester and funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) Greater Manchester has been …
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2012
03
May
2012
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01:00
Europe/London
A major UK charity which funded a promising young kidney disease researcher back in 1992 has now invited him to join its Board of Trustees.
Kidney Research UK – the largest funder dedicated to kidney research and kidney problems in the …
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