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Fellowship award will allow Leicester researcher to launch genetic study of lung disease
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A Â鶹ÊÓƵ researcher has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society Career Development Fellowship to lead a groundbreaking study...
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Celebrating six decades of research in the Adrian Building and 40 Years of Genetic Fingerprinting – Public Event, October 11th
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To mark the forthcoming closure of the Adrian Building, the former Department of Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Sciences (GGCS) is hosting a public...
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Leicester experts uncover secrets of healthy ageing from the world’s oldest person
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Leicester scientists have helped study the genetics and lifestyle factors that enabled MarÃa Branyas Morera, officially the oldest person in the...
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Landmark genetic study sheds new light on how the eye develops its sharpest vision
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Combining artificial intelligence and genetics has allowed researchers in Leicester to study the part of the eye that gives us sharp central...
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New test could help preserve endangered gibbon populations
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A Leicester geneticist working with ape specialists at Twycross Zoo has developed a test which could help preserve highly vulnerable Gibbon...
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Wasps may hold the secret to slowing down the ageing process
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Scientists at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ have discovered that jewel wasps can slow down their biological rate of ageing
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Breakthrough genetic study points to neurological mechanisms for chronic cough
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A new genetic study by scientists at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ has identified neurological mechanisms as key drivers of chronic cough
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Dataset will help advance research into neuro-degenerative diseases
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A platform set up to help researchers look into the causes and treatments for neuro-degenerative diseases has released its first biomarker dataset...
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Huntington’s Disease Network going from strength to strength
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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...
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‘History in the making’: Reflections on the reinterment of Richard III, ten years on
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Members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Greyfriars team, who excavated and identified the remains of Richard III, recall their experiences of his...