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).
A world-first genetic test to establish if a newborn baby is vulnerable to deafness if treated with a commonly used antibiotic, has been conditionally recommended by NICE.
A baby boy born at Saint Mary’s Wythenshawe, is the first to be part of research in Manchester that could help the recovery of pre-term babies with serious breathing difficulties.
A national fertility study investigating whether removing small growths from the womb improves women’s fertility has launched at Saint Mary’s Hospital.
In this latest Spotlight On blog, Kate Stanbury, Research Midwife across Saint Mary's Managed Clinical Service, gives an insight into her role and passion for research.
A world-first genetic test, developed in Manchester, that could save the hearing of hundreds of babies each year has been successfully piloted in the NHS.