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New hope for patients with aggressive asbestos-linked cancer as trial shows a targeted cancer treatment can improve survival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/asbestos-cancer-nero-leicester-fennell
Leicester researchers have shown for the first time that a drug that prevents cancer cells from repairing can control the growth of mesothelioma,...
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Leicestershire and East Midlands mark sickle cell day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicestershire-and-east-midlands-mark-sickle-cell
An awareness drive to educate people about the UK’s biggest genetic blood disorder has been launched in Leicestershire and the East Midlands to...
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Researcher lands £250k funding to continue investigation into DNA damage and its link to cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/amanda-chaplin
A university researcher has been awarded a prestigious prize to continue her cutting-edge work to understand how the body responds to DNA damage...
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Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ more widespread than previously thought
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/animal-magnetic
A study using fruit flies, led by researchers at The Universities of Leicester and Manchester, suggests the animal world’s ability to sense a...
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Study in Nature provides potential for cancer treatment targets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/study-in-nature-provides-potential-for-cancer-treatment-targets
Researchers for our Department of Chemistry have been involved in new research, published in Nature, that provides potential for new targets for...
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Breakthrough study reveals new insight into immortal plant cells
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/breakthrough-study-reveals-new-insight-into-201cimmortal201d-plant-cells
A new study has revealed an undiscovered reprogramming mechanism that allows plants to maintain fitness down the generations.
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Discovery of plant reproductive success provides insights into human fertility
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/plant-reproduction-fertility-chromosomes-leicester
University of Leicester researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants.
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Learn some showstopper science with Bake Off stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/josh-webinar
Dr Josh Smalley is joined by 2022 Great British Bake Off winner Dr Syabira Yusoff for an online event on 11 February that will explore the science...
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New study to explore how personalised drug doses could improve quality of life for people with secondary breast cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/breast-cancer-drug-doses-leicester
A new study by a Leicester researcher will explore how people with incurable secondary (or metastatic) breast cancer experience treatment side...
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Ambitious new UK project to transform human disease modelling
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/cancer-therapies-leicester-research-models
A major new initiative involving University of Leicester experts aims to redefine human-based research models for greater understanding of disease...