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2022
08
February
2022
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11:48
Europe/London
We owe a vote of thanks to our ancestors for inventing some of the most important measures to keep us safe during the Covid 19 pandemic, argues a University of Manchester scientist in a new book....
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01
February
2022
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06:23
Europe/London
A study led by University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) researchers has revealed that obesity is likely to cause an increased risk of kidney disease....
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13
January
2022
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13:46
Europe/London
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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12:16
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The University of Manchester, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Link Biologics Limited today announced that promising preclinical data on the treatment of Dry Eye Disease using a novel protein biological drug, Link_TSG6, have been pub...
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11
January
2022
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15:54
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New research led by University of Manchester researchers published today (11/01/22) in the British Journal of General Practice has thrown new light on the use and characteristics of locum GPs in England....
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07
January
2022
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12:21
Europe/London
If you ate too much over the festive season, you may well be thinking about a healthy diet plan for 2022. But as anyone who has ever dieted knows, there are countless options out there. Right now, we’re in the midst of a revolutionary time for unders...
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2021
03
November
2021
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08:50
Europe/London
Manchester-based researchers have taken an important step towards making it safer for people in prison who are prescribed medication.
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01
November
2021
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16:52
Europe/London
The number of people seeking help for self-harm in primary care (for example from their GP), dropped sharply during the first UK lockdown in 2020. By May 2021 this deficit had not returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to new research that analys...
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20
October
2021
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10:58
Europe/London
Our body clock allows bodily processes to occur at certain times of the day, like eating, sleeping and body temperature.
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20
September
2021
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16:00
Europe/London
A parent-led intervention that supports the social development of babies displaying early signs of autism has significantly reduced the likelihood of an autism diagnosis being made in early childhood, according University of Manchester scientists, pa...
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14
June
2021
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16:07
Europe/London
Patients with a common respiratory disease had more flare-ups linked to activities that put them at risk of being exposed to mould in a study by University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) researchers.
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21
April
2021
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16:28
Europe/London
Social media is used extensively to seek antibiotics, avoid dental treatment and provide support to people with toothache, according to new research.
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29
March
2021
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10:14
Europe/London
A collaboration between two Barcelona institutions and the Nanomedicine Lab at The University of Manchester - aimed at treating brain disorders such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s Disease - has secured £12m in funding.
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2020
05
October
2020
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12:28
Europe/London
The University of Manchester has announced today a groundbreaking gene therapy partnership to ease the lifelong suffering of people with Hunter syndrome.
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27
August
2020
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16:00
Europe/London
Up to a-third of older adults with hearing loss in England could be undetected and untreated , according to a new study by University of Manchester researchers.
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20
August
2020
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12:50
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A study, led by researchers at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Manchester and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), has found that young women are most vulnerable to postpartum mental illness.
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09
July
2020
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14:46
Europe/London
Placebo pain-relief is reproducible in patients with chronic pain compared to healthy volunteers according to a unique University of Manchester study.
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25
June
2020
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14:55
Europe/London
Ambulance workers who took part in a University of Manchester led study have told of the complex challenges they face in responding to suicide without adequate training and support..
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12
June
2020
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09:58
Europe/London
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While the pace of research on the novel coronavirus has been impressively rapid, there remains a lot we still don’t know about the wily pathogen. One of those unknowns is the potential long-term health implications fo...
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09
June
2020
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10:47
Europe/London
Patients recovering from COVID-19 could suffer significant long-term effects, according to research into the experiences of people hospitalised by previous coronavirus outbreaks.
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26
May
2020
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09:00
Europe/London
COVID19 is hitting the North hardest with its effects likely to last longest in the region particularly in deprived urban areas according to University of Manchester and Newcastle experts.
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30
April
2020
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10:30
Europe/London
World-leading Manchester biotech researchers are working towards developing a test for COVID-19 that could be used at home like a domestic pregnancy test.
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07
April
2020
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10:11
Europe/London
The University of Manchester is repurposing specialised equipment across its campus to help produce safety equipment for NHS workers battling COVID-19 in an attempt to help reduce the critical demand across the region.
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06
April
2020
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13:36
Europe/London
More than 450 medical and social care students across Manchester have stepped forward in less than a week to support NHS workers while they tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2019
13
September
2019
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15:30
Europe/London
A group of scientists and clinicians from the UK, the Netherlands, Italy and the USA have worked together and made an important discovery that explains an often fatal organ defect that affects unborn babies and children.
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20
June
2019
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09:06
Europe/London
An Oldham based doctor, James Bluett, has developed a new blood test which could help local rheumatoid arthritis patients to better manage their illness by keeping to their medication regimes.
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20
March
2019
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08:15
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Women who develop diabetes in pregnancy but are not diagnosed are much more likely to experience stillbirth than women without the condition, according to new research.
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2018
29
November
2018
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15:19
Europe/London
Despite the suffering caused by bipolar disorder – also known as manic depression, a significant minority of patients actually want to keep it because of the creative highs it gives them, according to new research from University of Manchester psycho...
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23
November
2018
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09:36
Europe/London
University students who are Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (LGB) are at higher risk of self-harm and attempting suicide than their heterosexual counterparts, finds new research.
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16
October
2018
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15:45
Europe/London
A hypothesis which has been the standard way of explaining how the body develops Alzheimer’s Disease for almost 30 years is flawed, according to a University of Manchester biologist.
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