University of Manchester - Archive (kidney-disease)
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2018
                        22
                                February
                                2018
                        
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                            13:00
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                    A new method of measuring blood glucose levels in people with diabetes is a significant advance in the management of the disease, according to an independent assessment by University of Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and …
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                        09
                                February
                                2018
                        
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                            14:32
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                    Scientists have successfully produced human kidney tissue within a living organism which is able to produce urine, a first for medical science.
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                        08
                                January
                                2018
                        
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                            16:42
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                    An international team of scientists and doctors has identified a family of five new genetic diseases which are likely to affect more than 1 in 5000 children
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                        2017
                        12
                                December
                                2017
                        
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                            11:40
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                    A team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health and University of Manchester have uncovered new insights into a rare genetic disease, with less than 500 cases of the disease on record, which devastates the lives of children.
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                        12
                                December
                                2017
                        
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                    An international team of scientists have confirmed the discovery of a major cause of dementia, with important implications for possible treatment and diagnosis.
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                        07
                                December
                                2017
                        
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                            21:17
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                    An international team of scientists and doctors has identified a new disease that results in low levels of a common protein found inside our cells.
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                        25
                                September
                                2017
                        
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                            11:27
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                    ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ is part of a national consortium which has been awarded a £1.7 million grant to create the world’s largest Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease (IMID) Biobank, in excess of 40,000 patients.
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                        2016
                        15
                                December
                                2016
                        
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                            10:00
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                    A Nigerian public health professional has graduated from a world-leading Manchester course, and she now hopes to use her skills to improve the health of young people in her home country.
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                        07
                                December
                                2016
                        
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                            09:14
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                    The Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research at ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ will receive a major funding boost as part of an £118m injection announced today by charitable foundation, Wellcome Trust.
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                        29
                                September
                                2016
                        
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                            10:52
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                    The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has named a research study funded by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC) Greater Manchester as its …
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                        28
                                September
                                2016
                        
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                            09:40
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                    A gene dubbed the ‘Teashirt’ by its discoverers has been identified as a link between children with kidney problems and autism, in a new study which has implications for how doctors working on both conditions administer tests to their …
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                        18
                                August
                                2016
                        
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                    Clinician scientist, Dr Rachel Lennon, has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science worth more than £1.7 million, to help identify therapeutic targets to treat chronic kidney disease.
Dr Lennon …
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                        2015
                        10
                                December
                                2015
                        
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                            00:01
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                    Scientists have developed a new imaging test that could enable doctors to identify more dangerous tumours before they spread around the body – and tailor treatment accordingly.
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                        03
                                June
                                2015
                        
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                            13:30
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                    A new technique for treating polycystic kidney disease has been identified by researchers at ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ and UCL.
Published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, the treatment, which involves targeting tiny blood …
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                        18
                                May
                                2015
                        
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                            15:33
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                    Scientists at ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have made a significant breakthrough in the fight against Membranous Nephropathy (MN) – a rare kidney disease which can lead to kidney …
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                        14
                                May
                                2015
                        
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                            14:25
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                    The most detailed study to date showing how electrical stimulation accelerates wound healing has been carried out in 40 volunteers by University of Manchester scientists.
Skin wounds that are slow to heal are a clinical challenge to physicians …
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                        28
                                April
                                2015
                        
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                            14:49
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                    Scientists at ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ have made an important finding that could help develop an early test for kidney disease.
Dr Rachel Lennon from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research has been studying why some people are …
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                        29
                                January
                                2015
                        
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                            09:30
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                    ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ is to lead a new £5.1 million consortium of universities and industry partners in a project aimed at eliminating the ‘trial and error’ approach to the treatment of lupus.
 
Systemic lupus …
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                        06
                                January
                                2015
                        
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                            09:44
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                    A University of Manchester scientist has discovered that very small changes in the level of acidity in blood may have a detrimental impact on the health of patients with kidney disease.
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is common in the UK.  It …
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                        2014
                        20
                                November
                                2014
                        
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                    The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has announced that ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½’s Centre for Primary Care will continue to be part of the prestigious NIHR School for Primary Care Research.
Membership of the School confers …
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                        24
                                October
                                2014
                        
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                            10:22
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                    A healthcare intervention developed by researchers at ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ and funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) Greater Manchester has been …
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                        2012
                        03
                                May
                                2012
                        
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                            01:00
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                    A major UK charity which funded a promising young kidney disease researcher back in 1992 has now invited him to join its Board of Trustees.
Kidney Research UK – the largest funder dedicated to kidney research and kidney problems in the …
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