University of Leeds

A Syrian refugee has told of her elation after finally graduating as a doctor with the University of Leeds – ten years after she first began studying in her home country.Loubna El Saboni began her medical degree in 2012, but after four…

Language barriers are resulting in people from South Asian communities experiencing more pain at the end of life, new research has found.A team from the University of Leeds interviewed 15 people of South Asian heritage from Bradford and…

Combining two types of heart scan could help doctors to detect a deadly heart condition before symptoms and signs on conventional tests appear, new research co-led by the University of Leeds shows.The study shows that hypertrophic…

A tiny robot which can travel deep into the lungs to detect and treat the first signs of cancer has been developed by researchers at the University of Leeds.The ultra-soft tentacle, which measures just 2 millimetres in diameter and is…

A trio of graduates from the University of Leeds have been helping to fight the battle against malaria in Africa.Lily Adams, Ambika Barakina and Olivia Tipping have graduated from the School of Biomedical Sciences this summer.As part of…

A team of students and staff from the University of Leeds and Leeds Trinity University are helping children in South Africa to travel to school safely.Children in the Eshowe region, around 90 minutes from Leeds’ twin city Durban, often…

A chemical process used in the browning of food to give it its distinct smell and taste is probably happening in the oceans, where it helped create the conditions necessary for life.Known as the Maillard reaction after the French…

The UK Minister for Health and Secondary Care visited the University of Leeds to see how the city region is developing innovative healthcare technologies.Will Quince MP visited Nexus, the University’s state-of-the-art innovation hub, to…

Governments around the world must do more to tackle the growing threat of drug-resistant infections, new research suggests.  National action plans to tackle the threat from antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which occurs when bacteria,…

The University of Leeds has signed a strategic partnership with the University of Pretoria that commits to tackling some of the world's most pressing challenges.The agreement will, over the next five years, leverage each institutions’…