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Finding the right target: Personalising treatment for an aggressive asbestos-linked cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/mesothelioma-clinical-trial-leicester
Leicester researchers are leading a new clinical trial to test personalised treatment for patients with a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
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University of Leicester study reveals rise in retail losses linked to self-checkouts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/retail-loss-self-checkout
University of Leicester research reveals self‑checkouts now dominate retail transactions but are linked to rising losses, with errors and theft...
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Judges wowed by students’ start-up business ideas
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/judges-students-start-up-business-ideas
The business brains of the future went head-to-head in contest to find the best start-up ideas from students at the University of Leicester.
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What have human rights ever done for us? University of Leicester lecture explores the real impact of ECHR
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/european-court-human-rights-lecture
University of Leicester hosts a free public lecture on 8 July exploring the real‑world impact of human rights and the future of the ECHR in the UK.
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Discover how miniature space explorers are shaping the future of space travel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/miniature-explorers-future-space-travel
In Conversation with Vix Southgate of the British Interplanetary Society – Small Steps and Giant Leaps: From Fruit Flies to the Moon, will take...
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University of Leicester launches network to expand international education partnerships between China and the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/university-leicester-international-education-partnerships-china-uk
The University of Leicester has launched a network aimed at forging new UK-China educational partnerships.
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Leicester cardiologist recognised in King’s Birthday Honours
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/leicester-cardiologist-recognised-kings-birthday-honours
A leading cardiologist from the University of Leicester has been awarded an MBE for his services to medical research and healthcare as part of the...
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University of Leicester’s international diabetes researcher becomes Dame
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/university-leicester-international-diabetes-researcher-becomes-dame
A Leicester doctor whose “constant curiosity” propelled her rise to be among the world’s leading type 2 diabetes and obesity experts has been...
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Leicester students restore gravestone of 22-Year-Old Georgian
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/loddington-gravestone-archaeology-field-school
Leicester students used digital imaging to restore an eroded 18th‑century gravestone, revealing the identity of 22‑year‑old Henry Reeve.
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Secrets of sharing iconic space heritage to be revealed in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/iconic-space-heritage
Doug Millard of the Science Museum will give his talk 'The Flights of the Seagull: Bringing Tereshkova’s Spacecraft (and Rubin) to the Science...