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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.

rats, animal research

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.

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

Unequal access to hospice care across England

Published
Thursday 7th June, 2018
Categories
Health

Adults with incurable diseases – including dementia, liver failure and stroke – are not being referred to palliative care from hospices early enough during their illness, according to new research.

Caring hands

Leeds is key partner in Rosalind Franklin Institute

Published
Wednesday 6th June, 2018
Categories
Health

A £103 million revolution to develop new technologies which will drive forward biology and medicine research and development has been officially launched today.

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.

Green tea

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.

Ripe blackcurrant fruits