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01/03/2018

Liverpool Catholic Club Quilters donate quilts for Ingham Institute fundraiser

The Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research’s annual ladies luncheon will have a couple of special prizes on offer tomorrow. The Liverpool Catholic Club Quilters have ...

14/02/2018

Prostate cancer world-first trial

Professor’s 15 years of research to help people A WORLD-first clinical trial is about to start and if successful it could lead to advanced prostate cancer being treated ...

14/02/2018

What are school sores and how do you get rid of them?

Impetigo, or “school sores”, is a contagious infection of the very top layer of skin. It’s most common in children aged two to six, and ends up spreading from child to ...

19/01/2018

GPs can empower us to make that change

With a holiday season of blissful self-indulgence and dietary lapses behind us, many of us will now shift gears and adopt New Year’s resolutions that put us on the ...

08/12/2017

New prostate cancer drug to be trialled

World-first clinical trial set to advance prostate cancer research

24/11/2017

Hacking for Good

The Institute’s resident Data Scientist, Dr Tim Churches, wins Data Science award at Health Hack 2017. Read how Dr Churches and his team solves a a real-world Health Data ...

10/11/2017

How getting shredded on protein shakes can risk your health

Prof Nick Shackel from the Institute’s Liver and Gastroenterology Group discusses how supplements can sometimes do more damage than good.

31/10/2017

Ensuring a healthy future for Biobanking

Biobanks are an important weapon in the fight against cancer, and the Centre for Oncology Education Research Translation (CONCERT) Biobank based here at the Ingham ...

16/10/2017

The cancer patient who became a scientist

Nikhil Autar inspiring story of how being diagnosed with leukaemia at 17 developed his passion for medical research to help others.

26/09/2017

Ingham Institute breakthrough will allow screening for oesophageal cancer

Ingham Institute scientists are the first to discover a molecular signature of virally caused oesophageal cancer — a major breakthrough which will enable doctors to screen ...