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Manchester leads on research to reduce the risk of serious side-effects from cancer treatment

A research programme called Living With and Beyond Cancer (LWBC) led by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust with The University of Manchester as part of the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is looking into ways of reducing the risk of health problems caused by cancer treatment.

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Living with and beyond cancer – National Cancer Survivors Day 2023

Author: Louise James

On National Cancer Survivors Day 2023, Dr Louise James, Senior Research Project Manager at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), shares an insight into the new BRC Living with and Beyond Cancer Theme.

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Transitioning from paediatric to adult rheumatology services – Dr Jenny Humphreys speaks to Arthritis Digest

For Arthritis Digest magazine, Dr Jenny Humphreys explains what is involved during the transition from adult to paediatric services for people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

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Hearing loss unlikely to be common symptom of Covid, say scientists

Hearing loss is unlikely to be a common symptom of Covid-19, a study led by The University of Manchester and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) scientists have shown.

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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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