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• New research shows significant promise for Clostridium difficile infections

  Date: 1 June 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/new-research-shows-significant-promise-for-clostridium-difficile-infections

  A new study has confirmed the therapeutic potential of bacteriophage combinations to treat highly infectious bacteria C.

• What is saffron

  Date: 8 February 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/what-is-saffron

  Did you know that you need to collect about 200,000 flowers to produce just one kilo of saffron? The labour needed to produce it is just one of...

• University of Leicester wins Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

  Date: 30 November 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/30-the-award

  University receives Times Higher Education Award for a pioneering kit that enables victims of sexual violence to capture DNA evidence.

• How air pollution affects our respiratory system and Quality Improvement reporting in health care services could be improved

  Date: 12 June 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/how-air-pollution-affects-our-respiratory-system-and-quality-improvement-reporting-in-health-care-services-could-be-improved

  At the University's final Doctoral Inaugural lectures for this academic year, two research graduates from the College of Life Sciences will be...

• Over £20 million government award marks Midlands’ bio-economy strengths

  Date: 23 October 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/24-bbsrc-dtps

  A consortium of Midlands research-active universities, including the University of Leicester, has just been awarded research studentships worth...

• Universitys MRC Toxicology Unit to present interactive exhibition at Highcross Leicester

  Date: 22 June 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/university2019s-mrc-toxicology-unit-to-present-interactive-exhibition-at-highcross-leicester

  Researchers from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit at the University of Leicester will be presenting an interactive exhibition at...

• The history of Leicesters printing press

  Date: 5 June 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/the-history-of-leicesters-printing-press

  In a feature entitled 'Printing in Leicester', Dr John Hinks from the Centre for Urban History has discussed the ups and downs of Leicester's...

• Lecture to explore the emerging blood test helping to spot cancer earlier

  Date: 12 June 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/lecture-to-explore-the-emerging-blood-test-helping-to-spot-cancer-earlier

  Research into a blood test that may spot cancers sooner and allow more targeted treatment is to be presented by researcher at our University.

• New Alzheimers Advance

  Date: 19 December 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-alzheimer2019s-advance

  Work done at Leicester has helped to identify a new drug target for not only improving symptoms of brain degeneration – but also to extend the...

• New insights into how asthma pathways could be blocked revealed

  Date: 19 August 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/new-insights-into-how-asthma-pathways-could-be-blocked-revealed-by-study

  Researchers have discovered new insights into how asthma may be caused, by identifying three distinct groups of asthma patients characterised by...