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• Leicester’s Top 5 COVID research studies

  Date: 23 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/top-5-covid-research-studies

  One of the top ten Universities in the UK for COVID research has highlighted its top five research projects that have had a global impact.

• Skin swabs could detect COVID-19

  Date: 16 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/skin-swabs

  COVID-19 could be detected through non-invasive skin swab samples, new research published by the Universities of Leicester, Surrey and Manchester...

• Virtual clinical trials could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed

  Date: 5 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/in-silico-lung

  New cutting-edge research undertaken at the University of Leicester could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed and the way patients are...

• Research identifies impact of teenage screen use

  Date: 5 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/screen-use

  Two thirds of children use more than one screen at the same time after school, in the evenings and at weekends as part of increasingly sedentary...

• Weight loss drug hope for patients with type 2 diabetes

  Date: 3 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/weight-loss-drug-hope

  Patients with type 2 diabetes that were treated with a weekly injection of the breakthrough drug Semaglutide were able to achieve an average...

• Leicester celebrates British Science Week with top five innovations

  Date: 3 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/innovations

  The University of Leicester is celebrating this year’s theme for British Science Week (5-14 March 2021), ‘Innovating for the Future’, by...

• ‘Urgent help’ is required to drive down COVID-19 death rates among ethnic minority communities

  Date: 16 Feb 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/covid-19-among-ethnic-minorities

  The disproportionate rates of COVID-19 related deaths among people from ethnic minorities is ‘alarming’ and requires ‘urgent attention’...

• Leicester diabetes expert’s research supports ‘game changing’ obesity breakthrough

  Date: 11 Feb 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/semaglutide

  Ground breaking research in diabetes led by a team of Leicester researchers has played an integral role in laying the foundations for new research...

• Leicester leads major breakthrough in asbestos linked cancer

  Date: 1 Feb 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/confirm

  A University of Leicester led team has made a major breakthrough in treating mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer linked to breathing in...

• Leicester academic urges caution for international sports

  Date: 22 Jan 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/sport-covid

  A Leicester academic has urged further caution for international sports events taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic.