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Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

MFT, Research and Innovation colleagues mark 75 years of the National Health Service (NHS).

Pioneering research has shown dramatic results for treating children with high-risk leukaemia (a type of blood cancer), who previously had no hope of recovery after all other treatment options failed.

Researchers tell an international conference that a new gene therapy for Sanfilippo disease – also known as childhood dementia – has shown promising early results in a proof-of-concept study.

A 20-month-old baby girl has become the first child in the UK to receive a life-saving gene therapy treatment for the fatal disorder, metachromatic leukodystrophy disease (MLD). 

Children with cancer in Greater Manchester and Lancashire could be given new hope after a funding boost for research into experimental cancer treatments.

Parents across Greater Manchester, East Lancashire and East Cheshire are being urged to support a new respiratory virus study looking into the UK’s leading cause of infant hospitalisation.

A pioneering study to overcome cow’s milk allergy (CMA) in babies and children has been launched in the UK, sponsored by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

Children and adults with a rare form of bone cancer are receiving a new standard of treatment that is more effective, thanks to a clinical trial led by paediatric oncologist at MFT.