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Ideas festival gets underway across city

Published
Thursday 26th April, 2018
Categories
Arts & Culture

Leeds International Festival gets underway this week, running across the city from Friday until 12 May.

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Transplant-damaging virus brought into focus

Published
Thursday 26th April, 2018
Categories
Science
Health

Researchers from the University of Leeds have revealed the structure of a virus which affects kidney and bone marrow transplant patients in near-atomic levels of detail for the first time.

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People confused by messages about causes of cancer

Published
Thursday 26th April, 2018
Categories
Science
Health

Four out of 10 people surveyed did not know that being overweight is linked with an increased risk of cancer, according to new research.

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Leeds professors shortlisted in international inventor prize

Published
Tuesday 24th April, 2018
Categories
Health
Science

Two inventors of a technique to wash cells and DNA out of tissue, so it is not rejected when transplanted into human bodies, have been shortlisted for the 2018 European Inventor of the Year award.

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University partners with Leeds Digital Festival

Published
Wednesday 11th April, 2018
Categories
University
Technology

Leeds celebrates all things digital next week as organisations from across the region come together for Leeds Digital Festival.