Research and innovation news
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Monday 16 May 2022
Leeds research to better understand how heart scarring impacts athletes
New research in Leeds funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) will monitor the heartbeats of more than 100 athletes over two years to measure how endurance exercise impacts their heart.
Heart scarring is a key feature of many heart diseases and has a strong association with abnormal heart rhythms, which can cause a life-threatening cardiac arrest.
A previous small study involving...Read more
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Thursday 12 May 2022
New partnership for pathology-genomics research announced by National Pathology Imaging Co-operative and Genomics England
A new initiative, the Genomics Pathology Imaging Collection (GPIC) to accelerate cancer research has launched. This important joint initiative by the National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) and Genomics England will...
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Monday 9 May 2022
Leeds showcased to international trade delegation
Healthtech in Leeds was on show when Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust hosted an international trade delegation from northern Europe and Israel. The event showcased exciting health care innovations being...
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Friday 22 April 2022
Trust to share hospital innovation plan to national audience
Plans to create a new health innovation village created around the development of the two new hospitals will feature in a major national property and infrastructure event in the city...
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Monday 4 April 2022
Launch of multi-cancer early detection study to measure metabolic GAGome levels in adults at high risk of cancer
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is working in collaboration with Elypta, a Swedish molecular diagnostics company that have launched their second clinical study intended to validate the diagnostic performance...
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Friday 1 April 2022
Engineers develop a ‘magnetic tentacle robot’ to pass into the narrow tubes of the lung
Engineers and scientists have developed proof of concept for a robot that can reach some of the smallest bronchial tubes in the lungs - to take tissue samples or deliver...
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Tuesday 29 March 2022
Trust team recognised for excellence in British Society for Rheumatology awards
A team at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has won a national award for its pioneering work streamlining the diagnosis of a serious condition called giant cell arteritis.
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Wednesday 2 March 2022
Pioneering Innovation Pop Up wins Excellence in Healthcare Science Research and Innovation Award and praise from the Chief Scientific Officer for England.
The Chief Scientific Officer for England, Professor Dame Susan Hill, has praised the pioneering Innovation Pop Up at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for fostering “impressive new technologies”.
The...Read more
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Monday 28 February 2022
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust awarded £8.7million by the National Institute for Health Research to support experimental medicine trials
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been awarded £8.7m from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to fund its Clinical Research Facility (CRF) for 5 years from September 2022. ...
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