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• New approach provides potential vaccine and treatment for Alzheimer’s

  Date: 16 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/tapas

  A promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease – and also vaccinate against it – has been developed by a team of UK and German...

• Research identifies new family of marine ‘megaphages’

  Date: 21 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/marine-megaphages

  Microbiologists have identified a new family of marine megaphages which could change understanding of Earth’s carbon and nitrogen cycles.

• New cell treatment could combat ageing

  Date: 13 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/senescent-cell-clearance

  An international team of researchers have identified a new method for clearing senescent cells, which could transform treatments for ageing and...

• Wellcome boost for structural biologists

  Date: 23 Jun 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/wellcome-trust-awards

  Leicester researchers studying our molecular machinery have been awarded £3.89 million in research funding by the Wellcome Trust.

• Leicester doctor and researcher listed in Forbes ‘30 under 30’

  Date: 23 Apr 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/forbes-30

  An infectious diseases doctor at Leicester’s Hospitals has been listed as one of Forbes’ ‘30 under 30’ in Europe in the field of Science and...

• New trial could transform heart health of dialysis patients

  Date: 3 Dec 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/dialysis

  A new trial with the potential to transform the heart health of patients with kidney failure has today been launched by the University of...

• Professor Mick Peake awarded OBE

  Date: 10 Oct 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/professor-mick-peake-awarded-obe

  Professor Michael (Mick) Peake has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to medicine.

• Moles hate eating sand, Leicester research reveals

  Date: 27 Aug 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/moles

  Anyone who has had their day at the beach ruined by the sound and sensation of biting into a sandy sandwich can look to the humble mole for ways...

• Leicester championed as UK’s top recruiter to RECOVERY trial

  Date: 16 Jun 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/recovery-trial

  The Leicester COVID-19 research team, made up of researchers and clinicians from the University of Leicester and Leicester’s Hospitals, were...

• 180 new medics graduate early to join fight against COVID-19

  Date: 6 May 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/medics-graduate

  Medicine students from the University of Leicester will graduate early today, to join the NHS in the fight against coronavirus.