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This April marks 76 years of the World Health Organization (WHO). In 1948, countries of the world came together and founded WHO to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health and well-being. During this time, Greater…
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Friday 8th of marks International Women’s Day. Meet some of the women on the leadership team at MIDAS, Greater Manchester's Inward Investment Agency who are charged with driving Investment to create new opportunities in our key sectors. Rachel Eyre is Head of Inward Investment for Advanced…
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National Apprenticeship Week runs from Monday 5 February to Sunday 11 February. The week serves to bring together everyone passionate about apprenticeships to celebrate the value, benefit and opportunity that they bring. In Greater Manchester, we recognise the contribution and opportunities they…
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Greater Manchester boasts an exceptional academic landscape with a storied history that resonates globally. Renowned for its prestigious universities, the city region stands as an academic powerhouse, consistently pushing the boundaries of research, knowledge, and learning. In honour of…
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As the UK’s first World Health Organisation age-friendly city region with a long and distinguished history in developing a leading research and development base for healthcare innovation, Manchester demonstrates its commitment to identifying and implementing solutions to support healthy ageing in a…
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Please can you describe your various roles within Greater Manchester’s Cancer Research eco-system? My main role is as a Principal Investigator within the Experimental Cancer Medicine Team (ECMT), which is part of Manchester’s Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC). I also lead the Advanced…
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1. Rich in Heritage, Rich in Innovation Manchester has been at the forefront of cancer research for over a century. Pioneer nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner Ernest Rutherford performed his pivotal experiments in Manchester, the birthplace of nuclear physics, between 1914 and 1919, becoming…
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Solid tumours have different amounts of oxygen and low levels (hypoxia) are associated with resistance to treatment and a poor prognosis. Around a half of solid tumours will be hypoxic, which reduces the efficacy of surgery, radiotherapy, and many chemotherapeutic agents. Conversely, there is likely…
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Sarah is Head of the Department of Materials at the University of Manchester, which is home to nearly 2,000 students and staff. She was the UK Biomedical Materials champion for The Royce Institute of a £235million UK government investment for advanced materials since April 2017 until April 2021. In…
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Based at Citylabs 2.0, the world-class hub for health innovation and part of Europe’s largest clinical academic campus, QIAGEN is a worldwide provider of molecular sample and assay technologies; working on diagnostics development to determine the effectiveness of specific drugs in individual…
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