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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.
Continue reading full article: Study okays test for babies’ hearing aids
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.
Continue reading full article: Greater Manchester secures multi-million investment to improve the diagnosis and treatment of disease to save more lives
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.
Continue reading full article: Malfunctioning immune cell behaviour could be drug target in Long Covid
For Arthritis Digest magazine, Dr Darren Plant explains how the future will see us identify biomarkers to improve rheumatoid arthritis treatment outcomes.
Continue reading full article: Identifying biomarkers to improve treatment outcomes for rheumatoid arthritis patients – Dr Darren Plant speaks to Arthritis Digest
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.
Continue reading full article: Seven Manchester researchers receive prestigious national appointments
Manchester BRC researchers presented their latest hearing health research at international conferences in Australia and Birmingham this month.
Continue reading full article: Manchester researchers present at international audiology conferences
The first ever Alopecia UK PhD bursary has been awarded to a team of dermatology researchers at NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre.
Continue reading full article: Dermatology researchers at Manchester BRC awarded first ever Alopecia UK PhD bursary
A world-first genetic test developed by Manchester BRC researchers to establish if a newborn baby is vulnerable to deafness if treated with a commonly used antibiotic, has been conditionally recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for use within the NHS.
Continue reading full article: Genetic test developed by Manchester researchers to prevent newborn babies going deaf recommended by NICE