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Launch event marks multi-million-pound investment into research across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria to help improve lives

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, officially opened a successful launch event to celebrate the multi-million-pound funding boost for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre and NIHR Manchester Clinical Research Facility.

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Bridging the Gap – June 2023

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In this edition, Professor Ian Bruce shares updates from the first six months of our new NIHR Manchester BRC, featuring many great awards, accolades and news articles.

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Study okays test for babies’ hearing aids

Parents of the one in a 1000 newborn babies identified with hearing loss, might soon be able to have the reassurance that their babies are hearing speech through their hearing aids, thanks to a new test.

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Greater Manchester secures multi-million investment to improve the diagnosis and treatment of disease to save more lives

Greater Manchester health and care partners, in collaboration with academia and industry, today (16 March 2023) announce the launch of a new multi-million pound health innovation accelerator focused on rapidly improving the diagnosis and treatment of disease across the 2.8m GM population. 

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Malfunctioning immune cell behaviour could be drug target in Long Covid

Greater Manchester researchers have shown for the first time that malfunctioning behaviour of a type of immune cell is linked to specific symptoms of Long COVID.

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Identifying biomarkers to improve treatment outcomes for rheumatoid arthritis patients – Dr Darren Plant speaks to Arthritis Digest

For Arthritis Digest magazine, Dr Darren Plant explains how the future will see us identify biomarkers to improve rheumatoid arthritis treatment outcomes.

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Seven Manchester researchers receive prestigious national appointments

Seven leading professors from across the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) have been appointed Senior Investigators by the NIHR.

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Manchester researchers present at international audiology conferences

Manchester BRC researchers presented their latest hearing health research at international conferences in Australia and Birmingham this month.

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