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• Reproduction and gene shuffling in malaria parasites: how does it work?

  Date: 4 Aug 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/malaria

  Scientists from the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham have received nearly £600,000 to research how sexual development and gene shuffling...

• Leicester strikes partnership with biotech experts Isogenica to develop personalised cancer treatments

  Date: 31 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/ktp

  Patients could benefit from bespoke cancer-fighting treatments with fewer side effects thanks to a new partnership between a biotech company and a...

• Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows

  Date: 13 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/big-bang

  A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression...

• World’s first picture of the molecular machinery that makes cilia beat

  Date: 15 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/cilia

  A picture of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways, has been produced by scientists for the...

• Virtual ward for atrial fibrillation patients could prevent thousands of hospital admissions per year

  Date: 6 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/atrial

  A new virtual ward to safely treat atrial fibrillation patients could prevent thousands of hospital admissions per year

• Study reveals underlying genetic risks for a type of heart attack largely affecting younger women

  Date: 1 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/heart

  Study reveals underlying genetic risks for a type of heart attack largely affecting younger women

• Black women at greater risk of dying from uterine cancer

  Date: 1 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/uterine

  Women in Black ethnic minority groups are at greater risk of dying from uterine, (womb) cancer, latest data shows

• Breast cancer treatment could benefit from Artificial Intelligence

  Date: 4 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/talbot

  Artificial Intelligence could identify patients at increased risk of side effects from radiation treatment for breast cancer

• Air pollution is not just a human problem – it’s also changing the gut of British bumblebees

  Date: 14 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/bees

  A research team from the University of Leicester is investigating air pollution’s effect on the gut of British bees.

• Pioneering vascular research receives major boost from the British Heart Foundation

  Date: 30 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/professor-bown

  The British Heart Foundation has awarded nearly £900,000 to a University of Leicester professor to continue his pioneering heart valve research.