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• Therapeutic antibody discovery could lead to new cancer drug development

  Date: 2 Sep 2020

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  Cancer Research researchers at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ have played a major role in developing and validating an innovative approach to the...

• New evidence traces herpes virus back almost 5,000 years

  Date: 28 Jul 2022

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  Researchers have mapped the genetic structure of the herpes virus and, for the first time, traced its European origin back almost 5,000 years.

• Leicester praised in new book on science communications

  Date: 1 Feb 2024

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  Award-winning work by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ in improving science communications has been featured in a new book by Fiona Fox from the...

• Professor Alice Roberts digs Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s fascinating finds

  Date: 19 Jan 2024

  /news/2024/january/honorand-alice-roberts

  One of Britain’s best-known broadcasters, Professor Alice Roberts, has endorsed the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s exemplary track record for...

• Stop the clocks: Brisk walking may slow biological ageing process, study shows

  Date: 20 Apr 2022

  /news/2022/april/walking-speed-ageing

  A new study of genetic data published today (Wednesday) of more than 400,000 UK adults has revealed a clear link between walking pace and a...

• Turi King returns to our screens with DNA Family Secrets

  Date: 18 Sep 2023

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  Professor of Genetics Turi King returns to our screens on September 27th on BBC Two at 9pm for another heart wrenching series of DNA Family Secrets

• Breast cancer treatment could benefit from Artificial Intelligence

  Date: 4 May 2023

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  Artificial Intelligence could identify patients at increased risk of side effects from radiation treatment for breast cancer

• Inherited herpesvirus study finds links to ancient humans

  Date: 30 Aug 2017

  /news/2017/august/inherited-herpesvirus-study-finds-links-to-ancient-humans

  An international study of integrated HHV-6 led by our University has discovered that a small number of human ancestors, one from about 24,000...

• Biggest leap in identified lung health genes paves way for personalised risk score

  Date: 13 Mar 2023

  /news/2023/march/lung-health-genes

  New Nature Genetics study led by Universities of Leicester and Nottingham finds over 500 genes linked to lung health, providing new targets for...

• Breast cancer research scoops international award

  Date: 21 Mar 2024

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  Research by a Â鶹ÊÓƵ PhD student into the side effects of breast cancer treatment have been internationally recognised