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A study by a Leicester scientist has answered the 100-year-old question about how chromosomes get their iconic X-shape
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A team of researchers led by Professor Daniel Panne at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Dr Benjamin Rowland at the Netherlands Cancer Institute...
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Pint of Science festival returns to Leicester
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Tickets have launched for the world’s largest festival of public science talks, which will see more than 20 scientists take to the stage in venues...
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Researcher lands £250k funding to continue investigation into DNA damage and its link to cancer
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A university researcher has been awarded a prestigious prize to continue her cutting-edge work to understand how the body responds to DNA damage...
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Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ more widespread than previously thought
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A study using fruit flies, led by researchers at The Universities of Leicester and Manchester, suggests the animal world’s ability to sense a...
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ professor speaks to Government Select Committee about alternative to antibiotics
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Professor of Microbiology Martha Clokie, spoke to MPs about the potential use of phages to fight bacterial infections.
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Phage film receives UK debut at Â鶹ÊÓƵ
/news/2022/may/salt-in-my-soul-screening
More than 100 researchers, clinicians, and members of the public from across the UK gathered at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ for the screening of...
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Openness in animal research among UK’s best
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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ has once again been named as one of the UK’s ‘Leaders in Openness’ by national body Understanding Animal Research.
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Leicester to host first UK screening of acclaimed documentary
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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ will host the first UK screening of an internationally-acclaimed documentary telling the story of a young woman’s...
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Research identifies new family of marine ‘megaphages’
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Microbiologists have identified a new family of marine megaphages which could change understanding of Earth’s carbon and nitrogen cycles.
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New cell treatment could combat ageing
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An international team of researchers have identified a new method for clearing senescent cells, which could transform treatments for ageing and...