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Global guidelines on management of fungal infections caused by Candida published

A team of international clinical experts, including Manchester BRC researcher Dr Riina Rautemaa-Richardson, have published the new global guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of Candida infections.

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New Co-Lead and Deputy Lead appointed for Industry and Commercialisation

The NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre has appointed Dr Gareth Kitchen as Co-Lead and Mr Adam Haque as Deputy Lead for Industry and Commercialisation.

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International Women’s Day Podcast 2025: A special episode with Professor Sandra Bucci and Dr Ola Abdelhadi

In celebration of this year’s International Women's Day, the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre is excited to release a special podcast in which Professor Sandra Bucci is interviewed by early career researcher Dr Ola Abdelhadi.

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Manchester-led research finds genetic causes of rare condition linked to hearing loss and infertility

Latest research led from Manchester could revolutionise the diagnosis of Perrault syndrome, a rare genetic condition that results in hearing loss. In women it also leads to early menopause or infertility.

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PhDs in Focus: Mini pancreata are fighting cancer

Author: Sofia Kochkina

For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Sofia Kochkina outlines how their PhD project aims to develop a laboratory model of pancreatic cancer that could be used to identify drugs capable of fighting it, as part of the Cancer Precision Medicine theme.

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PhDs in Focus: Ethnicity and paediatric hearing health inequality in England

Author: Sathveeka Kasthurisamy Soundararajan

For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Sathveeka Kasthurisamy Soundararajan outlines how their project is focused on reducing paediatric hearing inequalities within different ethnicities, with a particular focus on South Asian communities, as part of the Hearing Health theme.

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Embed, Build, Accelerate – Manchester BRC Director’s blog – February 2025

Author: Professor Anne Barton

In her latest blog Professor Anne Barton, Director of Manchester BRC, discusses our commitment to delivering on Research Inclusion and examples of this across our 4 Clusters.

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Personalised medicine in action: PROGRESS study advances to Phase II

The PROGRESS project, a national pharmacogenomics research study, is transforming primary care by incorporating genetic insights into everyday prescribing practices across England.

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