78 results for 'Antimicrobial resistance'
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- 13 December 2017
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- Health | Science
An antibiotic candidate compound shelved in the 1970s in favour of more promising drugs could be worth a second look, new research has found.
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- 18 September 2017
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- Environment
Limiting the increase in global average temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is still geophysically possible, but requires more ambitious emission reductions, say scientists.
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- 15 September 2017
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The mass movement of humans and animals is significantly affecting the distribution of essential microorganisms, scientists warn.
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- 16 August 2017
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- Global | Science | Environment
New seismic surveys are challenging the view that recent slowdowns in Greenland’s ice flow will continue in the long term.
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- 20 July 2017
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- Global | University | University
Two significant research projects have been awarded £16million to build resilience in African businesses and communities as part of the University’s commitment to tackling the world's greatest issues.
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- 5 July 2017
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- Technology | Health | Environment
In the face of unpredictable weather conditions, waterproof jackets have become key items in many people’s wardrobes.
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- 15 March 2017
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- Environment
Urgent action to reduce sea temperatures is needed, as 2015-2016 saw record highs that triggered significant coral bleaching across the tropics and the Australian Great Barrier Reef.
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- 23 February 2017
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- Health
Scientists at the Universities of Leeds, York and Helsinki say they are a step closer to cracking what researchers have called the ‘Enigma code’ of the common cold virus.
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- 25 January 2017
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- Health | News
Restricting the use of a common antibiotic was more important than a high profile 'deep clean' of hospitals in massively reducing UK antibiotic resistant Clostridium difficile, a major study found.
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- 30 September 2016
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- Science
Improved understanding of the way hundreds of different types of disease-causing bacteria operate could help pave the way to tackling their effects, according to leading scientists.
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- 15 June 2016
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- Science
A research team has discovered that a cell's protective layer acts like a turnstile, allowing proteins to be exported while preventing them from moving back in.
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- 22 March 2016
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- Health | Science
Scientists from the University of Leeds have solved a 25-year-old question about how a family of proteins allow bacteria to resist the effects of certain antibiotics.
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- 28 January 2016
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- Arts & Culture | News
A rich collection of rare manuscripts and books forms a special public display of treasures at the University of Leeds' new £1.9m gallery.
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- 14 December 2015
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- Health | Science
Scientists have developed an innovative way of using one of the biggest problems facing health services—antibiotic resistance—to develop drugs to combat some of the most intractable diseases.
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- 24 September 2015
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- Arts & Culture
A century after an execution that shocked Britain and her allies, a relative of the nurse shot by firing squad is to talk at rare screening of a film about her story.