Brief encounters: how fleeting protein interactions shape health
The UK's leading scientific academy – the Royal Society – has announced that Professor Sheena Radford is to receive one of its most prestigious research awards.
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Thousands may have undiagnosed bowel cancer
A new study involving the University has found that since the first coronavirus lockdown the number of people diagnosed with bowel cancer in England has fallen sharply.
Unravelling the process that makes viruses infectious
Researchers have for the first time identified the way viruses like the poliovirus and the common cold virus ‘package up’ their genetic code, allowing them to infect cells.
The burning question at the heart of global waste
Up to one billion tonnes of solid waste is being openly burned worldwide each year and risks the health of “tens of millions of people”, according to a review of the latest scientific evidence.
Tissue Bank boost for brain cancer researchers
A new Leeds-based brain tumour Tissue Bank is set to open following donations from two Yorkshire charities.
Child cancer patients at no greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection
Results from a study of children with cancer who tested positive for COVID-19 has found they were not at an increased risk of getting a severe coronavirus infection.
New treatment could spare early-stage rectal cancer patients life-altering side effects
A new less invasive treatment is safer than standard major surgery for early-stage rectal cancer, giving patients a better quality of life with fewer life-altering side effects, a pilot study shows.
Using targeted microbubbles to administer toxic cancer drugs
University of Leeds research has shown how microbubbles carrying powerful cancer drugs can be guided to the site of a tumour using antibodies.
COVID-19 advice may have reduced heart attack risks
A new study suggests that COVID-19 guidance in Sweden may have reduced people’s risks of having a heart attack.
How a protein ‘hunkers down’ to conserve energy
A visualisation made from nearly 100,000 electron microscope images has revealed the ingenious way a protein involved in muscle activity shuts itself down to conserve energy.