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• Pioneering research into rare cancer is making a difference

  Date: 10 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/fennell

  A professor who is ranked the highest in the world in his field is celebrating after receiving a prestigious award for his pioneering research...

• Toxic formaldehyde’s dual nature to be probed with new chemical tool

  Date: 28 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/formaldehyde-cancer-tool

  University of Leicester chemistry researchers have developed new compounds to better study formaldehyde

• New research can help policymakers prioritise funding needs and allocate resource for cancer

  Date: 25 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/sped

  Results from the largest ever review of clinical trials in cancer screening, prevention, and early detection (SPED) have been published

• Donor’s legacy will help train future surgeons

  Date: 22 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/surgical-suite

  The dying wish of a former surgeon is helping medical students at the University of Leicester to follow in his footsteps

• Turi King returns to our screens with DNA Family Secrets

  Date: 18 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/dna-family-secrets

  Professor of Genetics Turi King returns to our screens on September 27th on BBC Two at 9pm for another heart wrenching series of DNA Family Secrets

• Ground-breaking research celebrates 10 years

  Date: 12 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/exceed-celebration

  Some of the 11,000 people who’ve taken part in the ground-breaking Leicester research study, EXCEED, gathered at the University of Leicester’s Sir...

• Health study with 11,000 participants celebrates 10 year anniversary

  Date: 31 Aug 2023

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

  A major health study led by the University of Leicester has recruited a staggering 11,000 patients across the city and county since it began 10...

• Samworth Foundation provides £1.5m boost for robotic-assisted surgery at Leicester’s hospitals

  Date: 18 Aug 2023

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

  The number of cancer patients who can benefit from pioneering robot-assisted surgery is set to quadruple thanks to a £1.

• 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...