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Members of Leeds Institute for Data Analytics

LIDA joins powerful new COVID-19 data alliance

Published
Thursday 16th April, 2020
Categories
Business & Economy
Coronavirus
Science

Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) is providing a powerful new COVID-19 data alliance with secure infrastructure, scientific expertise and access to global academic research networks.

The picture shows Dr Pete Culmer, left, and Dr David Brettle, standing by a sleep apnoea machine

Simple fix creates coronavirus breathing aids

Published
Tuesday 7th April, 2020
Categories
Science
Coronavirus
Health

Engineers and scientists have developed a way to convert a sleep apnoea machine into a ventilator to treat people with covid-19.  

The image shows the cross section through a human body taken with a specialist radiotherapy machine.

Treating rectal cancer during the covid-19 epidemic

Published
Monday 6th April, 2020
Categories
Science
Coronavirus
Health

Leading cancer experts have  recommended a one-week course of radiotherapy and delaying surgery as the best way to treat patients with rectal cancer during the covid-19 pandemic.