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Poor water quality in English rivers is the result of chronic underinvestment and multiple failures in monitoring, governance and enforcement, a report from the UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has claimed.The report includes…

The first results of an early trial of a multivariant COVID-19 vaccine booster, launched in Manchester in September 2021, has shown it is driving a comprehensive immune response.US-based biotechnology company Gritstone bio, Inc. in…

New research led by University of Manchester researchers published today (11/01/22) in the British Journal of General Practice has thrown new light on the use and characteristics of locum GPs in England.At a national level, the use of…

People in England’s most deprived neighbourhoods work longer hours than those in the rest of the country but live shorter lives with more years in ill health costing an estimated £29.8bn a year to the economy in lost productivity.People…

On Friday, January 7 2022, David Bennett became the world’s first person to successfully receive a transplant of a pig’s heart. The eight-hour-long operation by surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, USA, was…

Graphene@Manchester has signed a new Tier 1 partner - Graphene Innovations Inc Manchester (GIIM) – a company spun out from The University of Manchester led by alumnus and entrepreneur Dr Vivek Koncherry.GIIM, a company dedicated to the…

Research by Oxford Economics has revealed the extent that BAE Systems contributes to the economy in Lancashire through jobs, research & development and supply chains. In addition to developing skills and technologies critical for the…

The University of Manchester, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Link Biologics Limited today announced that promising preclinical data on the treatment of Dry Eye Disease using a novel protein biological drug, Link_TSG6,…

The survey will help researchers understand how nanomaterials and nanotechnologies are perceived by the public and hope it will help bridge gaps in their knowledge.The initiative also aims to inform the public on how combining…

Research by Oxford Economics has revealed the extent that BAE Systems contributes to the economy in Lancashire through jobs, research & development and supply chains. In addition to developing skills and technologies critical for the…