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World-renowned actor of film and stage, Dame Judi Dench, has become Patron of the Yorkshire Macular Degeneration Fund, aimed at supporting research into vision loss and blindness.

A University of York spin-out company is partnering with a top US Cancer Centre to test a biomarker for early detection of lung cancer.

Researchers have developed a water sensor that makes it possible to monitor bacterial contamination in real time.

Scientists have developed a new, safe and effective way to infect volunteers with the parasite that causes leishmaniasis and measure the body’s immune response, bringing a vaccine for the neglected tropical disease a step closer.

A new study on live tissue cells is the first to reveal how channels that allow sodium to enter into breast cancer cells enable tumours to grow and spread.

Hear more about Professor Rob Newton's journey as a researcher how he ended up doing the work that he does and what motivates it.

A new technology aims to take gene therapies a step further, making it possible for the treatment to be used more widely, at lower cost, and with improved outcomes for patients.

York Biomedical Research Institute colleagues are part of a prize-winning international research network.