Manchester has said that it hopes to recreate the success enjoyed by the Boston-based Centre for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT), following the launch of a new medical research centre in the city.

Dubbed Manchester: Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technology (MIMIT), the arrangement will bring together scientists and clinicians from Greater Manchester hospitals, local GP practices and the University of Manchester to try and transform healthcare in the UK.

In a joint statement, director of MIMIT Professor Jackie Oldham, clinical director Professor Philip Baker and scientific director Professor Simon Gaskell highlighted Manchester's credentials for such a project.

"We believe Manchester is in prime position to recreate the great success of CIMIT in Boston," they said.

"The city has both an eminent and dynamic clinical profession and a strong and distinguished community of engineers and scientists."

CIMIT suggests on its website that, since its inception nine years ago, the group has been able to prove that combining minds from diverse areas of expertise can speed up the process of applying new technologies to healthcare needs.