Research and innovation news

IT system, R-PEAK is now live across NHS Trusts in the region and the National Institute for Health Research’s Clinical Research Network: Greater Manchester (NIHR CRN: GM) headquarters.

Congratulations to Professor Deborah Symmons on winning a prestigious Distinguished Member Award from the British Society for Rheumatology.

Congratulations to Professor Anne Barton, BRU Theme Lead for Inflammatory Arthritis in Adults, who has been chosen as one of just 34 new NIHR Senior Investigators.

A Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital doctor who is the UK Chief Investigator for an international trial into treatments for childhood leukaemia, has randomised the first UK recruit onto the study.

Paediatric oncology researchers at RMCH are the first team in the UK to trial antibody, Blinatumomab, to investigate whether it removes tumour cells in young leukaemia patients.

Congratulations to Dr Farzin Fath-Ordoubadi, Consultant Cardiologist, and his research team at the Manchester Heart Centre for recruiting the first UK patient to the Merit Study.

Manchester researchers have found new evidence to suggest that people with rheumatoid arthritis who stop smoking, dramatically reduce their risk of earlier death.

More than 35 patients with rare kidney disorder membranous nephropathy have come together in Manchester for the first ever national forum to find out more about latest research into the condition.