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Higher Education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-mutations-and-cancer/higher-education
Cancers are responsible for millions of death every year. The study of cancer biology is therefore one of the largest areas of scientific interest. Cancer cells develop specific hallmarks through a series of mutations in both oncogenes and tumour-suppressor genes.
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Doctor who’s helped thousands of children in poverty was set on the right path by Leicester Medical School
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/doctor-helped-thousands-children-poverty-leicester-medical-school
A doctor who has improved the lives of thousands of children in desperate poverty has put part of her success down to her time at the University of Leicester’s Medical School.
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Don’t panic, Mary Berry’s Bakewell tart recipe is safe!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/05/19/dont-panic-mary-berrys-bakewell-tart-recipe-is-safe/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 19, 2016 University of Leicester Homepage, 13 June 1997 (source: Wayback Machine) It is almost impossible to conduct academic research today without at some stage needing to access information on the internet.
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Lord Sugar hails Leicester medic’s campaign to rename condition to avoid fatal mix-ups
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/diabetes-insipidus-avp-d-sugar
A Leicester medic has successfully campaigned to change the name of a rare but potentially fatal condition, with the backing of businessman and TV personality Lord Sugar.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/ld3/people
Learn more about the people involved within the Leicester Drug Discovery and Diagnostics project at Leicester.
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Fold-out solar blankets to power satellites receives £1 million boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/fold-out-solar-blankets-power-satellites
A new concept for a solar blanket to power satellites that can be folded away will be developed with engineering expertise from the University of Leicester thanks to new funding.
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Student project explores the experiences of women who entered into mixed Black Caribbean and White British relationships in Leicester between 1948 and the 1970s
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/student-project-explores-the-experiences-of-women-who-entered-into-mixed-black-caribbean-and-white-british-relationships-in-leicester-between-1948-and-the-1970s
A local mature student studying at our University is keen to hear from women willing to share information about relationships they are in/have had with men of different ethnic backgrounds to themselves.
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New ‘cloaking device’ concept to shield sensitive tech from magnetic fields
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/cloaking-device-shield-sensitive-technology-magnetic-fields
University of Leicester engineers have developed a design framework for a magnetic cloak designed to hide objects from magnetic fields, effectively making them ‘invisible’ to magnetic detection
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Sex workers in research study call for greater legal protections against sexual violence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/sex-worker-access-justice-sexual-violence
Researchers from the University of Leicester, University of Strathclyde, Queen's University, University of Nevada and University of Otago interviewed more than 700 sex workers.
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