Global Research Partnerships

Researchers at The University of Manchester have used artificial intelligence to uncover a complex picture behind England’s long-running productivity puzzle, challenging the idea that the country’s economic performance can be explained by a simple North-South divide. In a major study published in the Spatial Economic Analysis journal, Professor Cecilia Wong and Dr Helen Zheng applied ‘GeoAI’ techniques - combining geography and artificial intelligence - to analyse how productivity varies...

A team of scientists from Manchester and London have, for the first time, decoded the full range of mutations that drive tumour growth, which could pave the way for a new era in precision medicine, offering more effective treatments for thousands of people with cancer. A team of cancer genomics* scientists from The University of Manchester and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, forensically examined the genetic make-up of tumours in 16 different cancers. Their findings, which have been...

The condition is caused by changes in a small noncoding gene called RNU2-2. It is estimated to affect thousands of individuals and accounts for about 10% of all recessive NDD cases with a known genetic cause. This discovery was first made by researchers from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York in collaboration with colleagues from Stanford University and the University of Bristol. Clinical and scientific collaborators from other institutions in the UK, the Netherlands,...