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A £4 million NIHR-funded study will screen up to 755,000 babies across England for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), with ¹û¶³´«Ã½ leading the critical work to ensure results reach families at the right time, in the right way.

A clinical trial, manged by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Clinical Trials Unit, has shown that a gene test can safely identify breast cancer patients who can avoid chemotherapy, sparing them months of side effects without increasing the risk of their cancer returning.

¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers have played a central role in developing new position statements from the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), setting out how emerging cancer screening technologies should be evaluated before being introduced to patients.

A UK-wide trial, managed by the ¹û¶³´«Ã½, finds that online rehabilitation at home can meaningfully improve quality of life for some intensive care survivors.

¹û¶³´«Ã½ real-time study shows how ‘mental defeat’ drives suffering and causes people with chronic pain to withdraw from everyday activities.

Consuming a plant-based diet may help lower levels of a key marker of inflammation in the body, according to analysis of clinical trials led by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers.