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Key step forward in tackling neurodegenerative diseases

A protein complex has been shown to play a key role in preventing the build-up of toxic plaques in the brain linked to neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease.

This image shows a room full of people laughing and talking. In the foreground there is a pull up banner advertising Pint of Science, the world's largest festival of public science talks.

Tickets are on sale for the world’s largest festival of public science talks, which will see over 50 Leeds scientists take to the stage in pubs across the city.

This image shows Professor Neil Ranson and Dr Rebecca Thompson looking at one of the University of Leeds' cryo-electron microscopes

A team of scientists from University of Leeds are cycling across the UK to raise money for charity.

Dr Andrew Smith from the University of Leeds has been awarded a grant from charity Heart Research UK.

A team at the University of Leeds has been awarded a grant of £114,992 by Leeds-based national charity Heart Research UK.

Females live longer when they have help raising offspring

Female birds age more slowly and live longer when they have help raising their offspring, according to new joint research.