Caring for People With Dementia – Dr Stephen Katona
Dr Stephen Katona, a GP and carer, shares some practical tips and insights into looking after someone with dementia and explores how we might reduce the chances of getting dementia ourselves.
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19th May – The Ancient Egyptians: Mummies, Medicine And Healing Practices
Emeritus Professor Rosalie David OBE, FRSM, FRSA from University of Manchester presents May’s Didsbury SciBar.
15th July – Standing Up To Sepsis – Dr Stephen Katona
Can an ordinary blood pressure machine be used by health professionals and the public to exclude sepsis and several other serious conditions? Dr Stephen Katona presents…
18th March – Reducing Animal Usage in Cardiovascular Research – Dr Sarah Jones
Dr Sarah Jones,
Reader in thrombosis and haemostasis, Department of Life Sciences at
Manchester Metropolitan University presents at SciBar in March 2024.
Sarah will discuss the approaches that we are taking to develop new experimental models of arterial thrombosis as an alternative to animal experiments. These include vessel on a chip technology as well as using blood vessels isolated from human placentas.
21st August – Flourish – Michael Hardie
Michael Hardie from The Leprosy Mission presents at Didsbury SciBar discussing the people affected by leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) in Bangladesh and the efforts the Leprosy Mission is making to prevent any more cases of Leprosy.
15th March – Splice up your life! RNA Splicing in Health and Disease – Prof Raymond O’Keefe
RNA splicing is an essential process in all human cells. RNA splicing takes bits of information from our genes and combines them together to make many different proteins required for correct organismal development and function. The RNA splicing process can… Read More »15th March – Splice up your life! RNA Splicing in Health and Disease – Prof Raymond O’Keefe