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• New research shows significant promise for Clostridium difficile infections

  Date: 1 Jun 2016

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  A new study has confirmed the therapeutic potential of bacteriophage combinations to treat highly infectious bacteria C.

• Genetic switch discovery could help to prevent symptoms of Parkinsons disease

  Date: 15 Feb 2017

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  A genetic ‘switch’ has been discovered by MRC researchers at our University which could help to prevent or delay the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

• Charity funding for new treatments to silence tinnitus

  Date: 4 Feb 2015

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  To mark Tinnitus Awareness Week (2 – 8 February), UK charity Action on Hearing Loss (formerly RNID) has announced a major investment to fund a new...

• Universitys newest meningitis vaccine research to be showcased at Discovery Day

  Date: 6 Jun 2016

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  An open outreach event will showcase the latest meningitis vaccine research carried out by the Department of Genetics at the University and Public...

• New insights into how asthma pathways could be blocked revealed

  Date: 19 Aug 2015

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  Researchers have discovered new insights into how asthma may be caused, by identifying three distinct groups of asthma patients characterised by...

• Radio Leicester and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ 50 Years of Collaboration

  Date: 15 Nov 2017

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  The recent 50th anniversary of the start of the country’s first BBC local radio station, BBC Radio Leicester, which launched on 8 November 1967,...

• Cervical cancer research receives important boost

  Date: 14 Nov 2017

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  A prospective research programme in Leicester to improve the lives of women who have undergone treatment for cervical cancer has received a cash...

• New Alzheimers Advance

  Date: 19 Dec 2016

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  Work done at Leicester has helped to identify a new drug target for not only improving symptoms of brain degeneration – but also to extend the...

• Universitys MRC Toxicology Unit to present interactive exhibition at Highcross Leicester

  Date: 22 Jun 2016

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  Researchers from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ will be presenting an interactive exhibition at...

• Lecture to explore the emerging blood test helping to spot cancer earlier

  Date: 12 Jun 2017

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  Research into a blood test that may spot cancers sooner and allow more targeted treatment is to be presented by researcher at our University.