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New treatment options for deadliest of cancers

Published
Wednesday 7th July, 2021
Categories
Science
Health

A new way to target a mutant protein which can cause the deadliest of cancers in humans has been uncovered by scientists at Leeds.

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Bereavement care lacking for ethnic minorities

Published
Thursday 1st July, 2021
Categories
Coronavirus
Health

Grieving friends and relatives from ethnic minority backgrounds are suffering from a lack of appropriate help to cope with losing a loved one, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say.

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New targets to try and prevent lethal blood clots

Published
Thursday 1st July, 2021
Categories
Science
Health

Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding the process that leads to a blood clot forming in the lungs – a condition that kills more than 2,000 people in the UK each year.

'Huge potential' in virtual clinical trials

Published
Wednesday 23rd June, 2021
Categories
Health

A study involving virtual rather than real patients was as effective in evaluating a medical device used  to treat  brain  aneurysms, according to new research.

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Ground-breaking lung cancer trial gets under way

Published
Tuesday 22nd June, 2021
Categories
Health

The first participants have taken part in a ground-breaking research trial that aims to save lives by improving the early diagnosis of lung cancer.

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A sharper focus on protein behaviour

Published
Wednesday 16th June, 2021
Categories
Health
Science

Scientists have developed a new computational technique that allows them to see in finer detail the way protein molecules behave.

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Recreating a step in the evolution of viruses

Published
Friday 11th June, 2021
Categories
Health
Science

An international team of researchers has shed new light on the way viruses evolved highly effective ways of spreading disease.