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/PRNewswire/ -- Leucid Bio ("Leucid" or the "Company"), a biotech company pioneering next-generation cell therapies for hard-to-treat cancers, today announces...

Birmingham City University has appointed legal academic and educator Dr Jessica Guth as its new Head of School of Law. Dr Guth, who has nearly 20 years’ experience researching and lecturing in law, joins Birmingham City University from Leeds Beckett

 E-Mail A new study by Cardiff University in collaboration with the University of Hertfordshire has revealed the huge "secondary burden" placed on those closest to people living with Long Covid. The researchers surveyed more than 700 Covid-19 survivors along with their partners and close relatives to understand for the first time the impact of the disease on families as a whole. The findings, published today in BMJ Open, suggest family quality of life is being "severely affected" and a major ...

 E-Mail Extra funding should be made available for early years care in the wake of the pandemic, researchers say. Experts at the University of Leeds, University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University have made the call after assessing the benefits of early childhood education and care (ECEC) for children under three during COVID-19. They found children who attended childcare outside the home throughout the first UK lockdown made greater gains in language and thinking skills, particularly if t...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Microscope image of microfibres released from childrens mask: the colourful fibres are from the cartoon patterns view more  Credit: Swansea University Swansea University scientists have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when submerged in water. The research reveals high levels of pollutants, including lead, antimony, and copper, within the silicon-based and plastic fibres of common disposable face masks. Th...

 E-Mail IMAGE: The image shows the interface between the hydrogel (left-hand side) and the PDMS (on the right-hand side). The images was taken at 100,000 times magnification. Credit: University of Leeds... view more  Credit: University of Leeds Inspired by nature, the researchers developing a new load-bearing material Engineers have developed a new material that mimics human cartilage - the bodys shock absorbing and lubrication system, and it could herald the development of a new ge...

 E-Mail A test which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to measure proteins present in some patients with advanced bowel cancer could hold the key to more targeted treatment, according to research published today. A team at the University of Leeds collaborated with researchers at Roche Diagnostics to develop the technique, which will help doctors and patients to decide on the best treatment options. They used samples from a previous trial funded by Cancer Research UK to look at the levels of t...

 E-Mail IMAGE: West Mato Volcano erupting in 2009. Image courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration view more  Credit: Image courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Volcanic eruptions deep in our oceans are capable of extremely powerful releases of energy, at a rate high enough to power the whole of the United States, according to research published today. Eruptions from deep-sea volcanoes were long-thought to be relatively uninteresting co...