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• Leicester technician wins prestigious Papin Prize

  Date: 25 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-lory-francescut-papin-prize-hets

  A technician from the University of Leicester has won a prestigious Papin Prize at the Higher Education Technicians Summit (HETS) conference in...

• Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system

  Date: 25 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system

  An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of...

• Leicester named ‘Leader in Openness’ by Understanding Animal Research

  Date: 29 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/30-openness-award-animal-research

  The University of Leicester has received a Leader in Openness Award for the period 2019-2022 from Understanding Animal Research.

• Two Leicester professors join prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship

  Date: 7 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/08-academy-medical-sciences-fellows

  The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected Leicester’s Professor Chris Brightling and Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga to their esteemed...

• Leicester Heroes event aims to recruit hundreds of new potential stem cell donors

  Date: 29 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/30-rik-basra-anthony-nolan

  The University of Leicester has once again teamed up with the Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign to host an event on Tuesday 30 April 2019 which aims to...

• Chemotherapy-free treatment gives hope to adult leukaemia patients

  Date: 24 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/25-chemotherapy-free-leukaemia-treatment

  Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) may be offered a chemotherapy-free treatment in future, following promising results from a...

• Breast cancer relapse could be found two years earlier

  Date: 15 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/16-breast-cancer-relapse-detection

  Research suggests a simple blood test may hold the key to detecting breast cancer relapse.

• University of Leicester supports World Tuberculosis Day

  Date: 22 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/22-world-tb-day

  Scientists from the University of Leicester help promote important public health message about tuberculosis (TB) for World TB Day on Sunday 24 March.

• Leicester’s Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope helps in groundbreaking discovery

  Date: 21 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/21-cryo-electron-microscope-cte

  The Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope, based at the Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, has provided a significant part of...

• Research in Leicester will test new treatment target for sepsis

  Date: 20 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/20-sepsis-research-bhf

  New research undertaken at the University of Leicester and funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) could identify new treatments for a...