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Glasses trial sets sights on primary pupils
A new trial launched today aims to ensure primary school children get the glasses they need in order to improve their maths and reading skills.
Leeds scientists get £2m grant from cancer research UK for clinical trials unit
Leeds doctors and academics have received a major cash boost from Cancer Research UK for pioneering research into cancer.
Leeds academics find inadequate support for sexual dysfunction in prostate cancer patients
More than 4 in 5 men (81%) with prostate cancer struggle with poor sexual function following treatment for the disease, but over half (56%) fail to receive support, according to new research.
Research grant will aid in understanding microbiomes' roles in bowel cancers
Professor Philip Quirke, from the Leeds Institute for Medical Research at St James’s, has been awarded nearly £2.5 million from Cancer Research UK, as part of their new Grand Challenge funding.
Leeds research could see new approach to treating heart attack patients
A British Heart foundation grant to Dr Erica Dall’Armellina at the University of Leeds, is allowing her to continue the study of patients who have had heart attacks.