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Review outlines methods to estimate life expectancy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/life-expectancy
Five key methods have been explored by Leicester researchers to calculate life expectancy and the life years lost due to disease and illness.
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Targeted cancer treatment could provide new hope for mesothelioma patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/nero
A new clinical trial will test whether a type of targeted cancer treatment could improve survival for people with a rare and aggressive form of...
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Phage film receives UK debut at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/salt-in-my-soul-screening
More than 100 researchers, clinicians, and members of the public from across the UK gathered at the University of Leicester for the screening of...
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Research to highlight “seldom heard voices” of womb cancer patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/seldom-heard-voices
Researchers exploring the impact of womb cancer on different ethnic groups are recruiting patients to the first study of its kind in the UK.
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Openness in animal research among UK’s best
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/leader-in-openness
The University of Leicester has once again been named as one of the UK’s ‘Leaders in Openness’ by national body Understanding Animal Research.
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Alternative to open heart surgery just as effective for patients with common heart condition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/tavi-results
Leicester researchers have shown, in a ground-breaking study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), how a less...
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Leicester health research recognised among best in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/ref-clinical-medicine
Health research enabled by partnership between the University of Leicester and both the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and...
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Leicester to host first UK screening of acclaimed documentary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/salt-in-my-soul
The University of Leicester will host the first UK screening of an internationally-acclaimed documentary telling the story of a young woman’s...
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Research identifies new family of marine ‘megaphages’
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.
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New cell treatment could combat ageing
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...