Manchester Giving
What can cause an unbalanced immune system response to COVID-19? Risk of COVID-19 related hospital admission and death in cancer patients At present, we don’t have enough understanding of what makes some cancer patients more likely than others to become seriously ill due to COVID-19. In Greater Manchester we have a unique patient base with higher-than-average social deprivation, multiple health conditions, and cancer Read More…
Long-term impact of COVID-19 on hearing We know there are many long-term health consequences associated with COVID-19. The University of Manchester has now established a link between the virus and hearing loss. With your support, we were able to carry out a systematic review of COVID-19 and the audio-vestibular system. We then conducted a year-long UK study to estimate Read More…
Throughout the years, donor-funded PhD students have played a fundamental role in Manchester’s ground-breaking research. The University of Manchester’s research solves real-world problems. From providing clean water for more of the developing world to finding better ways to treat the coronavirus, researchers at Manchester help us to look to the future with hope and optimism. Read More…
After James Tumilty lost his life to cancer, his partner Ronald is supporting Manchester’s efforts to improve survival rates and find solutions to the disease. Before his retirement in 1999, James Tumilty was the Managing Director of The Anglo-American Research Laboratory in Johannesburg, South Africa. “As a person, he was erudite and had a wealth Read More…
Donor-funded PhD student Victoria is producing a novel way to combat Keratitis, a sight-threatening eye disease. A remodelling of the ocular surface A viable alternative to animal testing Donor Impact
Manchester is home to one of the only dedicated stillbirth research centres in the world, bringing tangible benefits to the region and beyond. “Nothing prepares you for that amazing moment when your baby’s born. Shoshana was beautiful, she was perfect; she was everything that we would have wanted. But she was dead.” Antonia and her Read More…
Following a colleague’s battle with post-traumatic stress disorder, Carolina pledged to help ensure that those suffering from a similar condition would be able to receive the right help, at the right time. Carolina Campodonico was volunteering with the Italian Red Cross ambulance service when her team received the call that would change her life. “In Read More…
Manchester PhD student Chris Hoyle has made a discovery that could have a major positive impact on healthcare in the future. The University of Manchester is the home of graphene. The one-atom thick wonder-material was first isolated here by Professors Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim in 2004. Since then, countless potential uses for graphene have Read More…
Hannah met her future PhD supervisor aged just 16. Now, she’s researching better ways to treat the billions of people who are infected with a parasitic worm Hannah was 16 when she first attended a Discover Day at The University of Manchester. While there, she came across a stand ran by Professor of Immunology Kathryn Read More…
Every day in the UK 450 people die of cancer. At Manchester, donations are crucial to helping us beat this deadly disease. More of us are developing cancer than ever before. It’s now estimated that one in two of us will get the disease at some point in our lives. Although the incidence rates of Read More…