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New treatment options for deadliest of cancers
A new way to target a mutant protein which can cause the deadliest of cancers in humans has been uncovered by scientists at Leeds.
Leeds academic awarded Senior Fellowship by Wellcome Trust
Dr Elton Zeqiraj has been awarded a Senior Fellowship by the Wellcome Trust, the UK’s leading medical research charity.
Covance By Labcorp wins prestigious Princess Royal Training Award and shares accolade with learning partner University of Leeds
Covance by Labcorp has been awarded the Princess Royal Training award for the development of the MSc Biopharmaceutical Development (Ind) degree, created in partnership with the University of Leeds.
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.
How a protein ‘hunkers down’ to conserve energy
A visualisation made from nearly 100,000 electron microscope images has revealed the ingenious way a protein involved in muscle activity shuts itself down to conserve energy.