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• Two Leicester professors join prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship

  Date: 7 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/08-academy-medical-sciences-fellows

  The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected Leicester’s Professor Chris Brightling and Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga to their esteemed...

• Breast cancer relapse could be found two years earlier

  Date: 15 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/16-breast-cancer-relapse-detection

  Research suggests a simple blood test may hold the key to detecting breast cancer relapse.

• Up to a third of people with type 2 diabetes not taking prescriptions properly

  Date: 4 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/05-type-2-diabetes-prescriptions

  Leicester researchers have used a unique screening approach to suggest that nearly a third of people with type 2 diabetes may be putting their...

• University of Leicester supports World Tuberculosis Day

  Date: 22 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/22-world-tb-day

  Scientists from the University of Leicester help promote important public health message about tuberculosis (TB) for World TB Day on Sunday 24 March.

• Leicester’s Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope helps in groundbreaking discovery

  Date: 21 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/21-cryo-electron-microscope-cte

  The Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope, based at the Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, has provided a significant part of...

• Research in Leicester will test new treatment target for sepsis

  Date: 20 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/20-sepsis-research-bhf

  New research undertaken at the University of Leicester and funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) could identify new treatments for a...

• Protein levels in urine are reliable measure of effectiveness in kidney disease research says study

  Date: 14 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/14-protein-urine-kidney-disease

  An international consortium of doctors and scientists, including members from Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester, has found...

• University of Leicester receives share of £34m BHF investment to help safeguard UK’s world-class research status

  Date: 5 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/05-british-heart-foundation-funding-research

  Funding will focus on strengthening research into precision medicine.

• PhD student wins prestigious photography competition

  Date: 22 Feb 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-louise-corscadden-infectious-diseases-hub

  University of Leicester student Louise Corscadden wins prestigious photography prize.

• Beta-blockers could reduce death among those with diabetes and hypoglycaemia

  Date: 22 Feb 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-beta-blockers-reduce-death-diabetes-hypoglycaemia

  A type of drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure could reduce the risk of death among those with type 2 diabetes and a related complication.