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New hope for patients with aggressive asbestos-linked cancer as trial shows a targeted cancer treatment can improve survival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/asbestos-cancer-nero-leicester-fennell
Leicester researchers have shown for the first time that a drug that prevents cancer cells from repairing can control the growth of mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer caused by asbestos
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Henry Wellcome Building
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/about/henry-wellcome-building
The Henry Wellcome Building is one of the most modern buildings on campus. Opened in 2006, the £22.5 million building was designed by Fairhurst Design group and is home to two of John Syndey Carter's incredible sculptures 'Atomica' and 'Vortex'.
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The television: an electronic babysitter for the incarcerated?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/television
Read the article "The television: an electronic babysitter for the incarcerated?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Nikon microscope 3
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/aif/equipment/inverted-widefield-microscopes/nikon-3
Find out more about the Nikon microscope 3 that is housed in the Advanced Imaging Facility.
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RNA studies advance holds out hope for cancer drug development
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/rna-studies-advance-holds-out-hope-for-cancer-drug-development
An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance that could pave a new route for the development of anti-cancer drugs.
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Suggested reading
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/suggested-reading
If you’d like to expand your awareness of geology, take a look at our reading suggestions.
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Manuscript data
https://le.ac.uk/insular-manuscripts/manuscript-data
The project will publish an online listing of all known Insular Manuscripts dating before c. 850. Prof Simon Keynes' classified list of Anglo-Saxon charters on single sheets includes 87 charters written in England before AD900.
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Before Homosexuality: Same-Sex Desire from Smollett to Dickens
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3140
Module code: EN3140 In this module you will examine the many ways in which the love that famously 'dare not speak its name' does receive articulation in a wide range of texts produced in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Host-microbe interactions
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions
The microbiology of host-microbe interactions is key to understanding common infectious diseases.
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Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs
In 2018 the Vibrant Oceans group identified 50 reefs that are most likely to resist and survive climate change. The habitats are located largely in the Pacific and Indian oceans, with further reefs in the Caribbean and east of Africa.