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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.
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.