Health News

Hi-tech nanoknife treatment to kill kidney tumour

Published
14 May 2015
Categories
Technology
Health

A pioneering procedure has been carried out by a University of Leeds specialist using a hi-tech 'nanoknife' technology to destroy cancer cells using pulses of high voltage electrical current.

Hand washing vital in multi-bed hospital wards

Published
5 May 2015
Categories
Health

Hospital room designs make a significant difference to the likelihood of bugs being spread through person-to-person contact between medics and patients, according to University of Leeds research.

New funding to transform food security research

Published
29 March 2015
Categories
Health
Environment

The University of Leeds will be driving innovation in food security after a new multi-million pound research grant was awarded by government.

Rare African bush may help kidney cancer treatment

Published
10 March 2015
Categories
Health

New University of Leeds research has shown why a bush that is only found in some African countries could hold a key to killing renal (kidney) cancer cells.

Researchers volunteer to fight Ebola

Published
18 February 2015
Categories
Health

Four University of Leeds researchers have volunteered to fight the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone.

Gold nanotubes launch a three-pronged attack on cancer cells

Published
13 February 2015
Categories
Health
Science

Scientists have shown that gold nanotubes have many applications in fighting cancer: internal nanoprobes for high-resolution imaging; drug delivery vehicles; and agents for destroying cancer cells.