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Ambulance ECGs save lives, study finds

Published
14 April 2014
Categories
Health

People are more likely to survive a heart attack if they have an electrocardiogram (ECG) in the ambulance on the way to hospital, research by the University of Leeds has shown.

Invasive species 'hitchhiking' on water sports kit

Published
10 April 2014
Categories
Environment

Foreign species that are devastating water ecosystems could be "hitchhiking" around Britain on canoeists' and anglers' kit, according to a new study.

Researchers uncover new forms of blindness

Published
7 April 2014
Categories
Health

Scientists from the University of Leeds have discovered six new forms of inherited blindness, each one resulting from mutations in a different gene important in eye development and vision.

Leading the way in Earth observation research

Published
1 April 2014

The UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has awarded the University of Leeds £5 million to host and lead two national centres for studying the Earth from space.

Genetic mutations warn of skin cancer risk

Published
31 March 2014
Categories
Health

Researchers from the University of Leeds have discovered that mutations in a specific gene are responsible for a hereditary form of melanoma.

Researchers solve paradox of virus construction

Published
25 March 2014
Categories
Health

A new study has solved a long-standing puzzle of how common viruses reproduce themselves during an infection, opening up new possibilities for treating a range of diseases from HIV to the common cold.

Amazon inhales more carbon than it emits

Published
18 March 2014
Categories
Environment

A new study led by NASA and the University of Leeds has confirmed that natural forests in the Amazon remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emit.