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• University of Leicester joins TechxFest in inspiring 100s of children to explore the world of technical careers

  Date: 11 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/techxfest-technicians-schools

  Technical staff from Space Park Leicester and the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology attended the UK’s first event dedicated to showcasing...

• Shahla fronts international student campaign

  Date: 9 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/uuk

  A University of Leicester student has been chosen to front a national campaign which highlights the positive impact international students have on...

• Study investigates public acceptability for placebos as replacement of unnecessary medicines

  Date: 2 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/placebo

  The wider use of placebos in primary care to reduce overprescribing, conserve existing antibiotics and limit further resistance, is publicly...

• Leicester-led study supports potential new infant immunisation programme

  Date: 26 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/immunisation

  Findings from a Leicester-led study into the rates of children coming to A&E with respiratory infections have supported a recommendation to the UK...

• Longer-term organ abnormalities confirmed in some post-hospitalised COVID patients

  Date: 24 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/mri

  A study looking at the longer-term impact of COVID-19 has found that nearly a third of patients displayed abnormalities in multiple organs five...

• Donor’s legacy will help train future surgeons

  Date: 22 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/surgical-suite

  The dying wish of a former surgeon is helping medical students at the University of Leicester to follow in his footsteps

• New exercise app using space data aims to help those with long-term health conditions

  Date: 21 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/p-step

  A personalised new exercise app for people with long-term health conditions including heart and lung disease and diabetes is set to be piloted by...

• Turi King returns to our screens with DNA Family Secrets

  Date: 18 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/dna-family-secrets

  Professor of Genetics Turi King returns to our screens on September 27th on BBC Two at 9pm for another heart wrenching series of DNA Family Secrets

• Continuing inequalities contribute to the wide variation in rates of stillbirths and neonatal deaths across the UK

  Date: 14 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/perinatal

  The MBRRACE-UK Collaboration, jointly led by Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) and the University of...

• Three-million dollar trial aims to help people with multiple chronic health conditions.

  Date: 12 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/perform

  The University of Leicester is partnering with Monash University in Australia, the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester...