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Innovator Insights blog – Intellectual Property: When and why to protect

Continuing our Innovator Insights blog series, The University of Manchester Innovation Factory’s Head of IP Services, Freddy Guemeni and Senior Project Manager for Life Sciences, Katherine Horner, recap key points from our ‘Identifying Intellectual Property: When and why to protect’ session.

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Mould exposure at home or outdoors significantly increased chance of COPD flare up in study

A study by NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) researchers has found patients with a common respiratory disease had more flare-ups linked to activities that put them at risk of being exposed to mould.

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Innovator Insights blog – Developing an entrepreneurial mindset

For the second of our Innovator Insights blogs, Masood Entrepreneurship Centre’s (MEC) Fatemeh Salehi and Laura Etchells recap key points from April’s session, while guest speaker Dr Beenish Siddique shares insights from her journey as CEO of AEH Innovative Hy

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Innovator Insights blog – Essentials of innovation

The Innovator Training Scheme (ITS) aims to equip and inspire researchers to explore and develop impactful research alongside industry and commercial partners. For the first Innovator Insights blogs, our speakers share some of their essentials tips for innovation.

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Working with industry to deliver the next generation of medicine

The four Northern NIHR Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs) in Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Sheffield have published ‘NIHR Northern BRC Collaborative: Innovating with Industry’ supported by the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA).

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Evidence supports COVID-19 hearing loss link, say Manchester BRC researchers

Hearing loss and other auditory problems are associated with COVID-19, according to research led by NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and University of Manchester scientists.

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Bridging the Gap – March 2021

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Professor Ian Bruce rounds up news and developments for March from the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), with a look back at one year since the COVID-19 outbreak and more.

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Hard of hearing over-70s report memory loss and mental health problems in lockdown

People with hearing difficulties experience heightened self-reported depression, loneliness, and memory problems during the COVID-19 lockdown, according to an online survey of the over 70s.

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