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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 cancer. Mesothelioma develops in the lining of the lungs or abdomen, with most cases linked to breathing in asbestos fibres.
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Canadian applicants
https://le.ac.uk/law/study/undergraduate/international/canadian-applicants
With hundreds of Canadian students, accounting for around 25% of our total population, Leicester Law School has the largest number of Canadian students of any UK law school.
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Pterosaurs needed feet on the ground to become giants
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/pterosaur
University of Leicester study determines when and how pterosaurs went from tiny tree-climbers to towering terrestrial titans
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Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarships 2025
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/wellcome-trust-scholarships
Scholarship information and application details Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarships 2025
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Cabinet of Curiosities: how disability was kept in a box
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/cabinet-of-curiosities
A unique performance that challenges the way we think about disability.
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Resources
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/recombinant-dna-and-genetic-techniques/school-and-colleges/resources
Resources on recombinant techniques are available on The University of Leicester's website, all with descriptions and links.
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Three-fold rise in extremely premature babies given respiratory life support in England and Wales after guidelines change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/premature-babies
The number of very premature babies (22 weeks) given respiratory life support (survival focused care) and/or admitted to neonatal units in England and Wales has increased 3-fold, following changes in 2019 to national guidance.
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Our speakers
https://le.ac.uk/health-sciences/news/wpd2023/speakers
Elaine Boyle Elaine is the LCFC Professor in Child Health and an Honorary Consultant Neonatologist at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. She leads the LCFC Programme of Research.
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Biology unlikely to drive ethnic differences in COVID-19 risk for healthcare workers, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/covid-biology
The differences in COVID-19 infection risk between ethnic minority healthcare workers and their White colleagues is likely due to home and work factors rather than biology, according to the largest and most detailed study on the subject, led by the University of Leicester,...
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Leicester team secures funding for research collaboration to improve patient safety
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/psrc-funding
A team involving University of Leicester researchers is one of just six to be awarded a share of £25 million.