In February, Oliver (Ollie) Chu, was treated for Hunter syndrome in a clinical study being delivered at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital in collaboration with the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine at Saint Mary’s Hospital – both part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT).

Children with Hunter syndrome, a rare, inherited condition also known as mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II), have an error in a gene, meaning they cannot produce an important enzyme that breaks down complex sugar molecules.

Coinciding with #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, representatives from the Oddfellows, including the member who nominated the project for funding, were invited for a tour of the Oglesby Cancer Research Building, @mcrcnews.bsky.social, and the Paterson Building.

The research project will be carried out by @manchester.ac.uk PhD student Anthony Wilby and Dr Hannah Harrison.

At The University of Manchester, we're celebrating 75 years of the Turing Test. Alan Turing's seminal paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence, is considered one of the very first papers on AI.

To explore current attitudes to the technology, Dr Brown and a team of researchers from @manchester.ac.uk and University of Cambridge, ran a study around the use of AI in ‘eVisits’ - online consultations available to NHS patients.

Manchester researcher and practicing GP, Dr Ben Brown, knows that AI could play a valuable role in the health sector, but only if it’s trusted by patients.

"AI has the potential to reduce workload in general practice, yet despite that potential, AI tools are not yet routinely used.”

🏢 The announcement from the Prime Minister demonstrates the tangible impact of evidence-based advocacy, and underlines the crucial role that universities play in shaping national #policy.

🍟 One of the key recommendations was that local authorities should be given enhanced powers to regulate the proliferation of these unhealthy outlets.

📑 The report revealed that the number of #vape shops in England has increased by nearly 1,200% since 2014, with deprived communities - particularly in the North - hosting over three times more of these than affluent ones, exacerbating health inequalities and worsening the North-South health divide.

🥇 This was the first comprehensive national analysis of how the availability of different types of high street outlets has changed over the past decade.

👻 It was published earlier this year by @healthequitynorth.bsky.social and the @thenhsa.bsky.social, co-authored by @manchester.ac.uk's Dr Luke Munford.

The group of clinicians and scientists from @manchester.ac.uk/Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, are travelling by bicycle to the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Participants reported feeling valued as part of the project and satisfied that their feedback is reflected in the final lists. One of the children who took part in the workshop said “I learnt that my voice matters and I can make a difference for me and other deaf children.”

Research was co-funded by Professor Kevin Munro’s personal @nihr.bsky.social Senior Investigator award, supported by the NIHR Manchester BRC and the National Deaf Children's Society, with research audiologists Dr Anisa Visram co-leading the project and Dr Jenny Chan as the project co-ordinator.