1773 results for 'press statements'
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- 3 August 2021
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- Health
A major UK trial of cannabis-based drug Sativex in treating the most aggressive form of brain tumour is to launch at 15 NHS hospitals, following promising results from a phase I study in 27 patients.
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- 26 July 2021
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- Health | Science
Scientists at Leeds and Cambridge have successfully reversed age-related memory loss in mice and say their discovery could lead to the development of treatments to prevent memory loss in people.
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- 23 July 2021
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- Arts & Culture | News
Three Leeds academics have been elected to British Academy Fellowships, and Simon Armitage - Poet Laureate and Professor of Poetry - has been elected an Honorary Fellow.
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- 22 July 2021
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- Health | Environment
A West Yorkshire city’s ambitious plans to tackle the effects of climate change are being supported by three Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ students.
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- 22 July 2021
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- Health
Eight new fellowships designed to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in science have been awarded at Leeds, thanks to an historical endowment established alongside the British Heart Foundation.
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- 21 July 2021
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- Society & Politics
A new survey carried out by academics specialising in British politics from universities across the UK has rated Sir Keir Starmer as a better post-war Leader of the Opposition than Jeremy Corbyn.
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- 18 July 2021
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- Coronavirus | Health
A major £3.4 million research project has launched to identify the best way to treat and support the one million people in the UK now living with long COVID.
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- 16 July 2021
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- Coronavirus | Health | Science
Improving ventilation in workplaces and on public transport and fears of NHS overload during the COVID-19 pandemic have been highlighted in two new research reports.
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- 15 July 2021
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- Environment | Science
Researchers are asking everybody across the UK to help survey one of the most amazing phenomena in the insect world – when millions of ants take to the air for their nuptial flight.
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- 13 July 2021
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- Alumni
A challenge between friends went on to raise over £7 million for NHS Charities Together during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- 9 July 2021
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- Global | Environment
Forest clearance in Southeast Asia is accelerating and leading to unprecedented increases in carbon emissions.
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- 7 July 2021
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- Technology | Science
Scientists at the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ have developed an approach that could help in the design of a new generation of synthetic biomaterials made from proteins.
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- 7 July 2021
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- Science | Health
A new way to target a mutant protein which can cause the deadliest of cancers in humans has been uncovered by scientists at Leeds.
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- 5 July 2021
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- Global | Environment
A huge global network of researchers is working together to take the pulse of our global tropical forests.
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- 5 July 2021
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- University | Global | Arts & Culture
Europe’s largest medieval studies conference is back for 2021 – and this year’s event focuses on "climates".