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• Discovery of how limiting damage from an asthma attack could stop disease

  Date: 5 Apr 2024

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  Leicester scientists are part of a team which has discovered a new cause for asthma that sparks hope for treatment that could prevent the...

• Antimicrobial therapy can prevent sepsis in pneumonia patients

  Date: 17 Apr 2018

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  Antimicrobial therapy targeting specific cells in the immune system could prevent sepsis and life-threatening disease in people suffering from...

• Long Covid researchers reflect on the PHOSP-COVID study 5 years on, ahead of Long Covid Awareness Day

  Date: 13 Mar 2025

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  A study team from the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) have been reflecting on their world leading research into Long Covid ahead...

• Huntington’s Disease Network going from strength to strength

  Date: 31 Mar 2025

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  A Leicester-based network set up to drive forward community support, interventions and engagement for those living with Huntington’s disease will...

• New insight into frictionless surfaces is slippery slope to energy-efficient technology

  Date: 17 Jan 2024

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  Scientists led by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ have made an insight into superlubricity, revealing that friction is reduced further at lower...

• Endometrial cancer conference will bring experts together to discuss treatment advances

  Date: 11 Jan 2024

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  A gynaecological oncology expert from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ will speak about surgical developments including robotic surgery at a conference...

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

  Date: 11 May 2015

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  An international consortium of scientists led by a group from the University has announced a new advance in understanding the mechanisms of cancer...

• Breakthrough in lung cancer treatment is based on Â鶹ÊÓƵ specialist’s 20 year old discovery

  Date: 15 Feb 2024

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  A breakthrough in treatment for an aggressive fatal lung disease has been made thanks to a two decades’ old discovery by a Â鶹ÊÓƵ...

• New blood test to diagnose rare cancer could save lives

  Date: 27 Feb 2025

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  Gynaecology experts from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ are aiming to develop a pioneering new blood test to help diagnose a rare form of womb cancer

• Bioscience departments receive recognition for tackling gender inequality

  Date: 6 Oct 2016

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  Our University has been further recognised for our commitment to tackling gender inequality in higher education with the announcement that two of...