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Education holds the key to using animals in biomedical research

Published
Wednesday 13th June, 2018
Categories
Global
Science

Scientists and educators involved in animal research in emerging countries are sharing good practice ideas, plus debating welfare and ethics, as part of pioneering work led by the University.

Picture shows human cancer cells which had been cultured in the laboratory

Virus could help treat advanced cancers

Published
Monday 11th June, 2018
Categories
Science
Health

Early results from a small-scale clinical trial have revealed the potential of a virus to treat some advanced cancers.

Green tea

Green tea molecule could prevent heart attacks

Published
Monday 4th June, 2018
Categories
Science
Health

A molecular compound in green tea could hold the key to preventing deaths from heart attacks and strokes caused by atherosclerosis, according to new research.

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Blackcurrants could help end bad (for the planet) hair days

Published
Wednesday 30th May, 2018
Categories
Environment
Science

Natural dyes extracted from blackcurrant waste created during Ribena manufacture have for the first time been used in an effective new hair dyeing technology, developed at the University of Leeds.

Chew Reservoir, fed by blanket peat moorland, Peak District, northern England

Peatland contributions to UK water security

Published
Tuesday 15th May, 2018
Categories
Science
Environment

Peatlands are vital to UK water security and must be protected to preserve the UK’s water supply, warn scientists.