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• A study by a Leicester scientist has answered the 100-year-old question about how chromosomes get their iconic X-shape

  Date: 20 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/chromosome-x-shape

  A team of researchers led by Professor Daniel Panne at the University of Leicester and Dr Benjamin Rowland at the Netherlands Cancer Institute...

• Using smart bombs to kill old cells

  Date: 6 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/06-nanotechnology-killing-old-cells

  A new nanotechnology developed at the University of Leicester could lead to people living longer.

• Focus on synthetic biology in prize lecture at University of Leicester

  Date: 21 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/focus-on-synthetic-biology-in-prize-lecture-at-university-of-leicester

  The winner of the Institute of Physics Tom Duke Prize, Andrew Turberfield, a Professor of Physics at the Clarendon Laboratory, University of...

• Ground-breaking discovery could pave the way for new therapies to prevent cardiovascular disease and stroke

  Date: 13 Nov 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/cholesterol-cells-stroke-cardiovascular

  Researchers at the University of Leicester have discovered the mechanism by which cholesterol in our diet is absorbed into our cells

• Researchers create novel compound targeting melanoma cells

  Date: 9 Jan 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/researchers-create-novel-compound-targeting-melanoma-cells

  An international team of researchers, including a Professor from the University of Leicester, has developed a novel compound that successfully...

• 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...

• Wellcome boost for structural biologists

  Date: 23 Jun 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/wellcome-trust-awards

  Leicester researchers studying our molecular machinery have been awarded £3.89 million in research funding by the Wellcome Trust.

• Revealing branching time in single-cell omics data

  Date: 6 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-revealing-branching-time-mathematics

  New single-cell omics technology allows scientists to analyse cell development in ways that were not previously possible.

• 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

• Researcher lands £250k funding to continue investigation into DNA damage and its link to cancer

  Date: 10 Mar 2023

  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...