Research and innovation news

Our first adult patient has received transfusion of blood plasma from a donor who has recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19), as part of a clinical trial looking at potential treatments for the virus.

A patient at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH) was the first in the UK to receive a convalescent plasma transfusion, after being selected through the RECOVERY COVID-19 research study.

Manchester researchers have helped to reach an important breakthrough in the fight against endometrial cancer, with the development of non-invasive test for women.

Weight, blood pressure and blood fat elevations are greater in young people who develop type 2 diabetes according to scientists at the Universities of Manchester and Glasgow.

Pioneering new research at Manchester’s Saint Mary’s Hospital has found women who have experienced stillbirth are four times more likely to develop Lupus than those with an uncomplicated livebirth.

Part of 2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife, Michelle Hepburn, Paediatric Clinical Research Practitioner at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, gives an insight into her role.

Manchester Professor of Gynaecological Oncology Emma Crosbie, has been awarded major funding by the NIHR, to investigate whether urine testing can be used to screen women for risk of cervical cancer.