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PhDs in Focus: Developing a Core Outcome Set for a rare condition

Author: Zelpha D’Souza

For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Zelpha D'Souza outlines how their Manchester BRC PhD project is investigating how to improve clinical trials in rare conditions, as part of the Rare Conditions theme.

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PhDs in Focus: How can we improve outcomes for patients with bladder cancer?

Author: Fraser Child

For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Fraser Child outlines how their Manchester BRC PhD project focuses on improving outcomes for patients with bladder cancer, as part of the Advanced Radiotherapy theme.

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The power of data and algorithms for health and science – what Manchester BRC bioinformaticians learned from European conference

Five Manchester BRC bioinformaticians have shared what they learned from the European Conference on Computational Biology and how they are now applying this to their work analysing medical research data.

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Research led by Manchester identifies test to more accurately diagnose rare fungal pneumonia

New research has shown that a DNA-based test is accurate for diagnosing fungal pneumonia caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii in people with weakened immune systems.

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Manchester researcher awarded prestigious NIHR Research Professorship

Professor Emma Crosbie, Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Co-Theme Lead at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has been awarded a prestigious NIHR Research Professorship.   

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Brain scans to give crucial insight into childhood genetic disease

An international team of scientists are to set to use thousands of MRI brain scans from research teams around the world in a bid to study Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), a lifelong neurological condition.

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New project “PerPrev-CID” investigates innovative approaches for personalised prevention and early treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases

Manchester researchers are part of an international team aiming to advance risk prediction, early detection of disease progression and personalised prevention in rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease to improve patient outcomes.

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Advancing the application of pharmacogenomics via digital innovation; introducing ProgressRX

Almost half of all UK adults regularly take prescription medicines and the annual NHS budget for medicines is approximately £17.4 billion per year, with over 1.1 billion items prescribed annually.

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