Research and innovation news
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Monday 19 July 2021
Leeds study to create a gold standard in the treatment of long covid
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 living with long covid.
Led by the University of Leeds, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust and funded by the National Institute for Health Research, the study aims to create a “gold standard” approach for the treatment of...Read more
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Tuesday 29 June 2021
A low-cost life support machine for patients with COVID-19 could revolutionise healthcare
The device has been designed to provide therapeutic oxygen support to patients severely ill with COVID-19, pneumonia or other forms of respiratory distress - and was developed using the principles of “frugal ...
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Friday 11 June 2021
Team effort leads to sucess in COVID research study
Leeds Teaching Hospital is taking part in the UK’s first COVID-19 vaccine study for pregnant women in the country. The trial, which launched in May, is taking place at 11 hospital sites...
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Wednesday 9 June 2021
Research study: A pan cancer programme of tumour typing
Cancer affects approximately 1 in 2 people in the UK during their lifetime, and the outlook varies markedly across the multitude of the 200 or so cancers. Low survival rates...
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Tuesday 1 June 2021
Phone app launches to support patients and staff coping with long Covid
People with long covid could be monitored with the aid of a ground-breaking mobile phone app and clinical web portal. The app has been developed to help NHS rehabilitation teams manage...
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Thursday 20 May 2021
World first COVID-19 vaccine booster study launches in Yorkshire and Humber
A new government-funded clinical trial looking at different COVID-19 ‘booster’ vaccines has launched in the UK. This study will determine immune responses and reactogenicity from third dose of one of...
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Friday 14 May 2021
Leeds to host ‘pop up’ blood donation centre to help unique Covid study
Leeds is set to host a ‘pop up’ blood donation centre to help a ground-breaking COVID-19 research study. Researchers from the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and scientists involved in...
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Monday 26 April 2021
Working with industry to deliver the next generation of medicine
World-leading translational research centres across the North have come together to showcase their ground-breaking research with industry partners to deliver the next generation of medicine.
The four Northern NIHR Biomedical Research...Read more
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Wednesday 10 March 2021
Award success for Dr Quentin Hill, Haematology Consultant at Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Consultant Haematologist Dr Quentin Hill was selected as an award winner at the 2020 British Society of Haematology (BSH) Awards. Dr Hill was recognised for research success and received the...
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