78 results for 'Antimicrobial resistance'
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- 22 August 2022
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The deadliest form of brain cancer returns because tumours adapt to treatment by recruiting help from nearby healthy tissue, say researchers who are trying to find a cure for the disease.
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- 2 February 2022
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- Science | Environment
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels will still be catastrophic for coral reefs, new research suggests.
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- 1 July 2021
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- Science | Health
Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding the process that leads to a blood clot forming in the lungs – a condition that kills more than 2,000 people in the UK each year.
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- 17 May 2021
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- Science | Global | Environment
Scientists studying the impact of record heat and drought on intact African tropical rainforests were surprised by how resilient they were to extreme conditions during the last major El Niño event.
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- 17 August 2020
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The University has joined forces with Leeds Beckett University and Leeds Arts University to develop a Digital Pride programme that evokes Pride’s ethos.
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- 25 March 2020
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- Technology | Health
Experts are investigating a better way of measuring the number of people exposed to the health risks of poorly-managed sanitation systems.
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- 28 November 2019
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Precision nutrition and 24-hour monitoring will enable scientists to provide new insights for the pig industry, as the University of Leeds opens the National Pig Centre today.
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- 24 October 2019
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- Environment | Science
Introducing fungi to wheat boosted their uptake of key nutrients and could lead to new, ‘climate smart’ varieties of crops, according to a new study.
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- 10 October 2019
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- Science | Health
Scientists have developed a new technique to trick bacteria into revealing hundreds of holes in their cell walls, opening the door for drugs that destroy bacteria’s cells.
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- 13 August 2019
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- Health
Doctors urgently need a fast and accurate test for diagnosing urinary tract infections (UTIs) to reduce overprescribing of antibiotics, according to health researchers.
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- 25 June 2019
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- University
Leading figures from the worlds of science, the arts and industry will be the recipients of honorary degrees from the University of Leeds next month.
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- 1 May 2019
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- Global | Health
Scientists are attempting to tackle a virus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma, a skin cancer that is common amongst those with HIV.
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- 1 May 2019
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- Science | Environment
Analysis of water samples from the UK’s Humber estuary revealed high levels of pharmaceuticals, with ibuprofen found at some of the highest concentrations ever reported across the globe.
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- 30 January 2019
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- Environment | Science
Rain-repelling fluorochemicals used in waterproof clothing can and should be phased out as unnecessary and environmentally harmful, textile researchers argue.
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- 3 December 2018
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- Health | Science
Newly-developed "nano-tweezers" created by university researchers can for the first time extract single molecules from live cells without destroying them – solving a long-standing research problem.