HIV drug could be used to prevent cervical cancer, say University of Manchester researchers
... In the UK many thousands of women undergo surgery to remove precancerous lesions of every year. Instead they may be able to apply a simple cream or pessary to the affected area. The discovery may be even more significant in developing countries which lack surgical facilities and where HPV related cervical cancer is one of the most common forms of canc...Manchester academic to tell conferences: Child abuse can cause schizophrenia
University of Manchester researcher Paul Hammersley is to tell two international conferences, in London and Madrid on 14 June 2006, that child abuse can cause schizophrenia....... The groundbreaking and highly contentious theory, co-presented by New Zealand clinical psychologist Dr John Read, has been described as "an earthquake" that will radically change the psychiatric profession....... Clinic...Manchester unveils made to measure medical stockings
The University of Manchester's William Lee Innovation Centre (WLIC) will today unveil a new medical system which knits made to measure compression stockings. ......The system, known as Scan2Knit, will be used to treat patients suffering from venous diseases such as leg ulcers and may potentially be used to prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis. ......Approximately 450,000 people in the UK are prone to leg...Tomorrow's medical researchers to be nurtured in Manchester
The School of Medicine at The University of Manchester has been 'outstandingly successful' in its bid to host new Department of Health Academic Clinical Fellowships (ACFs), as part of a flagship scheme to train the medical researchers of the future....... A report for the DH asserted last October that the country's future health and wellbeing depended on investing in young medical and dental prof...Manchester oral health pioneer wins second major honour in six months
Professor Anthony Blinkhorn of the School of Dentistry at The University of Manchester has been awarded the prestigious H. Trendley Dean Distinguished Scientist Award for 2006 by the International Association of Dental Research (IADR)....... The honour has been bestowed for Professor Blinkhorn's ground-breaking research on public health and health services, which also earned him an OBE from the Q...UK's first professor of teenage and young adult cancer appointed in Manchester
Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) has announced that Professor Tim Eden has been appointed to the UK's first TCT Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Chair, based across The University of Manchester, the Christie Hospital and Central Manchester & Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust. The appointment will put Manchester and Britain at the forefront of research into a disease that affects over...Scientists at The University of Manchester, along with healthcare product manufacturer Brimaid, have unveiled a new product which aims to aid hospitals in the fight against MRSA. The BioKab is a bedside cabinet which has been specifically designed to reduce the spread and infection of harmful bacteria in hospital wards....... The cabinet is made from a polyethylene plastic impregnated with an ant...