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University welcomes Chinese Ambassador on his first visit to Leeds
China’s Ambassador to the UK was shown a wealth of world-leading University of Leeds research and culture on his first visit to the city.
Bristol and Leeds collaboration reveals a new mechanism for protein secretion
A UK 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.
Unravelling the secret of antibiotic resistance
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.
Using old drugs to treat new viruses
A group of drugs already in everyday use to treat psychosis or depression may also be used to defeat deadly and emerging viruses.
Researchers to use supercomputer to "hack" Ebola
Scientists at the University of Leeds will run the equivalent of password cracking software to find the chemical keys to defeating the Ebola virus.