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

Simple fix creates coronavirus breathing aids

Published: 7 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: 6 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. 

The Great Hall and Parkinson Building on campus on a sunny day

Leeds jointly launches first cancer coronavirus registry

Published: 27 March 2020
Categories: Coronavirus; Health

Oncologists from the Universities of Leeds, Birmingham and Oxford have launched the first cancer coronavirus registry in the world.

An aerial shot of the Leeds University campus, with the Parkinson Building at the front. March 2020

University steps up to help tackle coronavirus crisis

Published: 27 March 2020
Categories: Coronavirus; University

The University is playing its part in helping to reduce the burden of coronavirus (covid-19), both at a regional and national level.