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  • Potential new targets for cancer treatments identified by Leicester research team

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/potential-new-targets-for-cancer-treatments-identified-by-leicester-research-team

    An international consortium of scientists led by a group from the University has announced a new advance in understanding the mechanisms of cancer and how to target it more effectively with new treatments.

  • Research degrees

    https://le.ac.uk/mcb/study/research-degrees

    The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester provides excellent facilities for post-graduate research leading to a PhD. Find out more about our research interests and find a supervisor.

  • Publications

    https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/nucleus/publications

    Browse the publications written by academics where the Nucleus genomics facility at the University of Leicester has been of use.

  • Biography of Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys

    https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/biography

    A short biography of Sir Professor Jeffreys - the inventor of DNA fingerprinting. From research at Leicester to Knighthood and current work.

  • Frank May

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/frank-may

    We have learned, with regret, of the death of Dr Frank May MBE, a former member of the University Court and Council and a generous benefactor for many years. The Levaya – funeral – of Frank May will be on Sunday 9 October at 10.

  • Project to investigate genetic roots of resistance to anti-cancer therapy agents

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/project-to-investigate-genetic-roots-of-resistance-to-anti-cancer-therapy-agents

    The mechanisms that cause cancers to respond poorly to therapy are to be investigated in a project that commemorates and honours the work of an eminent Leicester geneticist.

  • Skin swabs could detect COVID-19

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/skin-swabs

    COVID-19 could be detected through non-invasive skin swab samples, new research published by the Universities of Leicester, Surrey and Manchester has revealed today.

  • The increase in funded medical school places from 2018 is obviously good news but there is a snag

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/more-medical-school-places-will-not-solve-doctor-shortage

    Professor Philip Baker (pictured), Head of the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of Medicine, has written an article for University Business discussing the increase in funded medical school places from 2018 announced by...

  • Lord Willetts elected as honorary fellow of the Royal Society

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/lord-willetts-elected-as-honorary-fellow-of-the-royal-society

    Lord Willetts, Chancellor-elect of the University and an honorary graduate, has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He is among eminent personalities who have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society for their exceptional contributions to science.

  • Breakthrough research breathes hope into a new treatment for asthma

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/breakthrough-research-breathes-hope-into-a-new-treatment-for-asthma

    An international team of scientists, led by the Universities of Leicester and Glasgow, have announced findings that could pave the way to a new treatment for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and reverse the key hallmarks of inflammatory lung disease.

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