Articles tagged with 'medicine' | University of Manchester

In an unprecedented move, scientists and clinicians across Greater Manchester have formed a rapid response research group to find ways to beat COVID-19 and save lives. ...

Researchers and medical experts from nine world-leading medical imaging centres across the UK come together to form an integrated infrastructure for standardising and validating cancer imaging biomarkers for clinical use. ...

Epidemiologists at The University of Manchester have discovered an association between the number of prescriptions for antibiotics and a higher risk of hospital admissions. ...

Two trials of a new drug have shown that at low doses, it can ease the often distressing symptoms of chronic cough with minimal side effects. ...

An analysis of 149 scientific studies has identified 24 genetic variants which predispose women to endometrial cancer. ...

Biologists have discovered a way to stop cells from one of the most aggressive types of breast cancer spreading in the lab. ...

An international team of scientists has identified a protein which is strongly linked to the commonest cause of blindness in developed countries when its levels are raised in the blood. ...

A study by a team of psychologists has revealed that people who self-injure often feel positively- as well as negatively - about their behaviour. ...

A Professor of Infectious Diseases at The University of Manchester has taken part in an event in Cardif to honour his grandmother who was one of the first children in the world to be treated with Insulin. Elizabeth’s grandfather (David Charles Hughes...

A University of Manchester medical student has made her senior debut with England in the netball Nations Cup. ...

New antiviral materials made from sugar have been developed to destroy viruses on contact and may help in the fight against viral outbreaks. ...

A new research project funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) at the University of Manchester aims to find a way to slow down the progression of heart failure. ...

A new multidisciplinary study involving six universities is to investigate why some patients who have had advanced cancer remain well after treatment. ...

University of Manchester scientists investigating a possible treatment for foetal growth restriction (FGR), a condition in which babies grow poorly in the womb, have urged further caution on the use of Viagra. ...

Aaron Amat/Shutterstock By David Ray, University of Oxford and Gareth Kitchen, University of Manchester All life on Earth has evolved to cope with a rotating planet which results in the predictable transition between day and night. The deta...

Removing the clock gene BMAL1 makes bacteria-engulfing defence cells in the body more effective, a University of Manchester and University of Oxford study published in the journal PNAS has found. ...

Scientists have discovered that people who regularly sleep for more than 11 hours or less than 4 hours are 2-3 times more likely to have the incurable disease, pulmonary fibrosis, compared to those that sleep for 7 hours in a day. They attribute this...

Drinkers will soon be cheering all the way to the bar thanks to a team of scientists who have taken a big step forward in solving the puzzle of how to make the perfect head of beer. ...

A ‘life-changing’ potential new drug could be available to lupus patients in the future thanks to ‘breakthrough’ research. ...

A single dose of radiotherapy is as “effective” as five doses for end-of-life cancer patients suffering with painful spinal canal compression, finds a large study conducted by UCL, including The University of Manchester ...

A research team from the Universities of Manchester, Nottingham, and UCL evaluating a service delivered by pharmacists since 2011 have calculated it will save the English NHS around £651 million. ...

Drugs commonly used to treat arthritis may help to prevent breast cancer spreading to the bone, where it is incurable, new research suggests. ...

People with Borderline Personality Disorder are 13 times more likely to report childhood trauma than people without any mental health problems, according to University of Manchester research. ...

A study at The University of Manchester will analyse heart patients’ activity levels through their pacemakers, to determine which people are at the highest risk of frailty and help them avoid long hospital stays. ...

Swarms of nanoparticles which are 15,000 times smaller than a pinhead may be able to deliver vital drugs to the brain, offering new hope to patients in the early stages of a stroke. ...

Manchester scientists and clinicians have been awarded a major cash boost from Cancer Research UK to pioneer new radiotherapy technologies and techniques that could help more people survive cancer in the future. ...

Manchester researchers have contributed towards the discovery of a genetic brain disease which can cause paraplegia and epilepsy in sufferers. ...

Faults in genes directly work together to bring about the deadliest form of blood cancer, scientists have discovered in a study that could pave the way for better treatments. ...

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. ...

Community pharmacy staff are to be offered training on suicide prevention, based on findings from a new study published today. As a result, a first of its kind training video has been developed and will also be available from today to mark World Suic...