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To mark Cancer Survivors Day 2026, Senior Research Project Manager Alice Holt reflects on the progress on our Living With and Beyond Cancer Theme and successful education event held in partnership with the NIHR BRC at The Royal Marsden and ICR.
Continue reading full article: Cancer Survivors Day 2026: Celebrating voices, experiences, research, collaborations, and life beyond cancer
Psychological support needs for carers of people with dementia in the UK could soon be addressed with a major multicentre trial led by University of Manchester psychologists and funded by the NIHR.
Continue reading full article: Psychological course could be game changer for carers of people with dementia
Scientists say they’ve uncovered striking new evidence of how alcohol addiction impacts the brain’s learning systems — and how those systems may slowly adapt during recovery.
Continue reading full article: Study reveals brain changes linked to alcohol addiction recovery
In this Innovator Insights blog, Melissa Perry shares how meaningful engagement with patients, the public, and industry from the very start of a study can transform research design.
Continue reading full article: Innovator Insights blog: Co-designing research with purpose – how collaboration and patient involvement shaped the RAD-PIT study by Melissa Perry
A research project which is changing care for people with psychosis has been recognised for its outstanding impact at The University of Manchester’s Making a Difference Awards 2026.
Continue reading full article: Mental health project led by Manchester BRC researchers recognised for outstanding benefit to society
Those working in Inclusive Research or interested in learning in how to make their research more inclusive are invited to attend this showcase event.
Continue reading full article: Inclusive Research Showcase – Monday 18 May 2026
A team led by scientists from the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool have revealed why a group of cancers common in older adults exposed to environmental damage behaves so differently depending on where they develop in the body.
Continue reading full article: Study reveals why epithelial cancer is more aggressive in some tissues
Eight patients have been treated at Northern Care Alliance (NCA) in the world’s first-in-human study of graphene-brain interfaces to map and monitor brain activity and so improve precision during brain tumour surgery.
Continue reading full article: Study shows safety of world’s first human graphene-based brain computer interface operation