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• Scientists find clues to tuberculosis progression in gene expression

  Date: 06/09/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/tuberculosis-gene-expression

  Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute working with collaborators at the University of Leicester have identified how gene expression changes...

• Earth observation images reveal extent of ferocious forest fires in Siberia

  Date: 03/09/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/siberian-fires

  Stunning satellite images depicting the recent gigantic infernos that devastated one of the coldest areas on the planet have been released to mark...

• AI breakthrough could save lives through disease prediction and prevention

  Date: 09/08/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/ai-patient-care

  Artificial intelligence (AI) could help predict how an individual patient’s illness will progress and what treatment will be most successful to...

• New research centre to study the impact of the environment on human health

  Date: 14/07/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/cehs

  The Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CEHS) draws on experts from a wide variety of research backgrounds to investigate and...

• New approach will help identify drugs that can ‘glue’ proteins together

  Date: 07/07/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/glue-proteins

  A new screening method that can test the effectiveness of therapeutic molecules designed to ‘glue’ proteins together in the body has been...

• Medicine offers weight-loss hope for patients with type-2 diabetes

  Date: 25/06/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/surpass-2

  New research by academics at the University of Leicester published today (Friday) has given fresh hope to patients with type-2 diabetes, after Eli...

• Wellcome boost for structural biologists

  Date: 23/06/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/wellcome-trust-awards

  Leicester researchers studying our molecular machinery have been awarded £3.89 million in research funding by the Wellcome Trust.

• COVID-19 treatment trialed at Leicester’s Hospitals shown to reduce deaths in sickest patients by one-fifth

  Date: 18/06/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/covid-recovery

  A treatment for COVID-19 that was trialed at Leicester’s Hospitals has been shown to reduce deaths for hospitalised patients by one-fifth in...

• £2.6 million to create new approach to care for the under 40s with type 2 diabetes

  Date: 15/06/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/m3-diabetes

  Funding for a five-year project, that aims to develop a new type of care package that addresses gaps in support for people under 40 living with...

• F1 tech put to use in Leicester’s Hospitals

  Date: 11/06/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/mediccom-f1

  A pioneeing new device to help doctors and nurses communicate clearly whilst wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) has been developed and...