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• Industry and academia build links in precision medicine and drug discovery

  Date: 26 Oct 2016

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  Â鶹APP recently hosted an event bringing together industry and academic in fruitful discussions on drug discovery and...

• Future 100: Leicester seeks next generation of world-changing researchers

  Date: 2 Feb 2022

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  Â鶹APP has today (Wednesday) called for the next generation of world-changing researchers to be part of its Future 100.

• Tiny, ancient fossil shows evidence of the breath of life

  Date: 7 Nov 2018

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  A beautifully preserved fossil crustacean, 430 million years old, displays its respiratory organs in exquisite detail

• What is saffron

  Date: 8 Feb 2016

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  Did you know that you need to collect about 200,000 flowers to produce just one kilo of saffron? The labour needed to produce it is just one of...

• 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.

• 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.

• 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...

• Centre to bring pathology testing to breathless patients

  Date: 30 Sep 2015

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  East Midlands researchers are leading the establishment of a new Centre to develop breath analysis tests that could help in the rapid diagnosis...

• 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...