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• Blood cancer breakthrough offers clues for tailored patient treatment

  Date: 19 Jul 2020

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  Patients with blood cancer could be offered a tailored course of treatment in the future, after Leicester academics successfully trialled the use...

• Link between hibernation in animals and Alzheimers prevention identified

  Date: 15 Jan 2015

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  Research by scientists at the Medical Research Council’s Toxicology Unit, based at the University, has identified a protective mechanism that...

• 17m invested in Leicester to turn lab discoveries into new cancer drugs

  Date: 7 Oct 2015

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  Cancer Research UK has awarded the University £1.

• Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys to be guest speaker at unique fundraising event

  Date: 10 May 2016

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  Students and academics are invited to attend the Science Museum’s IMAX Theatre in London on Monday 16 May 2016 and spend an evening with the...

• Differences between larks and owls clocked by geneticists

  Date: 13 May 2015

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  A new study by researchers from the Department of Genetics has for the first time identified the genetic clues behind what makes you a ‘lark’ or...

• Research consortium combines research excellence and expertise to evolve drug discovery

  Date: 8 Nov 2016

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  A new research consortium aims to identify opportunities for drug discovery through the innovative use of antibodies in structure-based drug...

• Researchers identify unique cellsignalling system in some S pneumoniae strains

  Date: 19 May 2017

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  An article involving Dr Hasan Yesilkaya and Mrs Anfal Shakir Motib, from our Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation working with an...

• Leicester academic Professor Mark Jobling to chart the evolution of individual identification at Galton Institute conference

  Date: 13 Nov 2017

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  Professor Mark Jobling from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology will be giving a talk at the Galton Institute conference on 15 November...

• Current view on origins of Parkinsons disease challenged by new findings

  Date: 22 Jun 2016

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  The neurodegeneration that occurs in Parkinson’s disease is a result of stress on the endoplasmic reticulum in the cell rather than failure of the...

• Study provides insight into zincs important role in heartbeat regulation

  Date: 14 Jul 2015

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  Leicester researchers have been involved in a study with University of St Andrews examining the role zinc plays in regulating heartbeat.