The world’s first participant in a new COVID-19 trial taking place at MFT, is part of research that may provide important protection for people with a weakened immune system.
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Newly qualified Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Sue Stockdale, shares the latest insights on her research journey and ambitions for her new role.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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Children with cancer in Greater Manchester and Lancashire could be given new hope after a funding boost for research into experimental cancer treatments.
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In his blog, Professor Brian Keevil Clinical lead for biochemistry at Wythenshawe Hospital, discusses the development of a pioneering at-home test that could save lives.
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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.
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