University of Manchester - Archive (medicine)
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2023
23
January
2023
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15:52
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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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20
January
2023
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08:09
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Over the past month or two, many northern hemisphere countries including the US and the UK have seen a large wave of respiratory viral infections. These include RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), flu and COVID in all ages, as well as bacterial infect...
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10
January
2023
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23:52
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The proportion of children and adolescents prescribed antipsychotics in English general practice doubled from 0.06% to 0.11% between 2000 and 2019, find researchers at The University of Manchester’s Centre for Women’s Mental Health....
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05
January
2023
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01:34
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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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03
January
2023
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14:32
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Over fifty million Indians are affected by serious fungal disease, 10% of which are from potentially dangerous mould infections researchers from India and Manchester have shown....
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03
January
2023
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08:43
Europe/London
Long COVID is the patient-preferred term used to describe symptoms lasting more than four weeks after a COVID-19 infection. Children and young people can also suffer from long COVID following even a mild infection with the virus. The latest figures f...
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2022
20
December
2022
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17:00
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An interdisciplinary team led by University of Manchester scientists has adapted a technique originally developed to analyse data from stars to devise a way of accurately measuring the human body clock in hospital patients....
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20
December
2022
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08:38
Europe/London
2022 was another bumper year for news from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and health. Here are some of our highlights:In January we showed how early data for multivariant COVID-19 vaccine booster shows promise. The first results of an early trial o...
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23
November
2022
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09:24
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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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16
November
2022
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08:44
Europe/London
This article is part of the Insights Uncharted Brain series. There are many competing theories about what causes Alzheimer’s disease. Here, Ruth Itzhaki reflects on a career dedicated to one of the more controversial lines of research.When I was abou...
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07
November
2022
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16:04
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Sheena Cruickshank, University of ManchesterAs the pandemic continues, many countries are rolling out COVID booster vaccines. In the UK, the autumn booster campaign is offering a fourth dose to those at higher risk from a COVID infection, including p...
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07
November
2022
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16:00
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Professor Judith Hoyland, Vice-Dean and Head of School of Biological Sciences at The University of Manchester has been given a Lifetime Research Achievement Award by the Philadelphia Spine Research Society....
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28
October
2022
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08:39
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The COVID-19 restrictions preventing dentists in England from providing face-to-face treatment required some to unnecessarily prescribe antibiotics for dental pain, a study by University of Manchester researchers has shown....
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14
October
2022
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09:00
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The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has received a £59.1million award - the largest single research award given by the NIHR to the city region - to translate its scientific discoverie...
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10
October
2022
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15:25
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Three types of neurostimulation technique could have the potential to help people who have the difficulty in swallowing caused by stroke or other neurological diseases, a review of 174 animal and human studies has shown....
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04
October
2022
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17:00
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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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04
October
2022
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11:05
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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
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15:42
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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
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23:59
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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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21
September
2022
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16:03
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A £6.95 million Global Health Research Unit on Neurodevelopment and Autism for children in South Asia is to launch with the help of University of Manchester expertise....
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21
September
2022
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11:30
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Doctors across hospitals and general practice who are experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in a patient safety incident and three times as likely to leave their job, according to a new research paper that included 239,246 doctors f...
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20
September
2022
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15:00
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Honey has exceptional antimicrobial and tissue-regenerative properties which should be exploited to the full to help wounds heal, say scientists from The university of Manchester....
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20
September
2022
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03:39
Europe/London
A biologic therapy for very young children with a moderate to severe form of a common skin condition has been shown to be safe and effective in an international trial which involved University of Manchester clinical scientists working within the Clin...
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08
September
2022
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13:40
Europe/London
Since becoming a research platform at The University of Manchester, Creative Manchester has witnessed immense growth, nurturing exciting research and delivering outstanding workshops and events. The platform’s research is centred on three key themes:...
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24
August
2022
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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 wi...
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23
August
2022
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15:20
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The employment of non-medical staff with clinical roles in primary care has been linked to negative impacts on patient satisfaction in a study by University of Manchester researchers....
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02
August
2022
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03:25
Europe/London
Researchers from Oxford’s Institute of Population Ageing, Tufts University and the University of Manchester have discovered that common viruses appear to play a role in some cases of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)....
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