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• New hope for patients with aggressive asbestos-linked cancer as trial shows a targeted cancer treatment can improve survival

  Date: 30 Apr 2025

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  Leicester researchers have shown for the first time that a drug that prevents cancer cells from repairing can control the growth of mesothelioma,...

• Leicester chemist conjures up spooktacular science of baking masterclass at New Scientist Live

  Date: 23 Oct 2025

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ culinary chemist Dr Josh Smalley wowed the crowds with his Halloween-themed baking spells – and some vomiting pumpkins –...

• Leicestershire and East Midlands mark sickle cell day

  Date: 16 Jun 2017

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  An awareness drive to educate people about the UK’s biggest genetic blood disorder has been launched in Leicestershire and the East Midlands to...

• Researcher lands £250k funding to continue investigation into DNA damage and its link to cancer

  Date: 10 Mar 2023

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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...

• Study in Nature provides potential for cancer treatment targets

  Date: 5 Sep 2017

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  Researchers for our Department of Chemistry have been involved in new research, published in Nature, that provides potential for new targets for...

• Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ more widespread than previously thought

  Date: 22 Feb 2023

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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...

• Breakthrough study reveals new insight into immortal plant cells

  Date: 18 Dec 2017

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  A new study has revealed an undiscovered reprogramming mechanism that allows plants to maintain fitness down the generations.

• Scientists investigate if red grape chemical can keep bowel cancer at bay

  Date: 11 Nov 2024

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  Trial led by Â鶹ÊÓƵ scientists is giving participants resveratrol as a potential prevention drug for bowel cancer.

• Learn some showstopper science with Bake Off stars

  Date: 4 Feb 2025

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  Dr Josh Smalley is joined by 2022 Great British Bake Off winner Dr Syabira Yusoff for an online event on 11 February that will explore the science...

• Biology unlikely to drive ethnic differences in COVID-19 risk for healthcare workers, study finds

  Date: 22 Dec 2021

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  The differences in COVID-19 infection risk between ethnic minority healthcare workers and their White colleagues is likely due to home and work...