Research and innovation news

An international collaboration led by scientists and doctors has identified a new genetic disease that affects the size of our brains and causes severe developmental problems.

Over the Bank Holiday weekend, staff from the R&I Division joined with colleagues from CMFT and other NHS Trusts across the region to take part in this year’s Manchester Pride Parade.

In July, around 70 radiographers, medical physicists, clinicians and biologists attended The Christie Advanced Radiotherapy Summer School.

A research team led by a University of Manchester Professor has shown that a urine test, developed previously in Leicester, leads to a drop in blood pressure in patients who had been struggling

MREH is trialling gene therapy, in collaboration with Saint Mary’s Hospital, for patients with a rare genetic eye condition, x-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP).

A national study is the first of its kind to present young people’s priorities in rheumatology research, suggesting a need for a greater focus on basic science and psychosocial research.

The study aims to develop optimal dosing and monitoring regimen of the antibiotic vancomycin for neonates and infants under 3 months old with late onset sepsis caused by gram-positive microorganisms.