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trial to patient.</strong></a></h2> <p>Manchester CRF has been at the forefront of Cystic Fibrosis trials for almost a decade, and played a key role during a period that has seen rapid evolution of life-changing therapies, including trials of the most recent and most powerful triple combination therapies </article> </div> </div><div class="m-image-text-split m-image-text-split--reverse" style="--bg-img:url();--bg-img-sm:url()"> <div class="container md:mx-auto mx-0"> <figure class="m-image-text-split__figure no-display"> <picture> <source srcset="https://manchestercrf.nihr.ac.uk/app/uploads/2021/11/CRF-Testing_2-web-740x493-1.jpg" media="(min-width: 768px)" /> <img src="https://manchestercrf.nihr.ac.uk/app/uploads/2021/11/CRF-Testing_2-web-740x493-1-519x314.jpg" /> </picture> </figure> <article class="m-image-text-split__article"> </p> <h2><a href="https://manchestercrf.nihr.ac.uk/about/our-impact-case-studies/escape/"><strong>ESCAPE: study of COVID-19 seroprevalence</strong></a></h2> 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