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• UK first for Leicester: ground-breaking software lets surgeon see real-time 3D map of heart

  Date: 11 Aug 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/12-cardiac-software

  Innovative software that allows a surgeon to view inside a patient’s heart in real time while applying treatment has been used for the first time...

• New blood test for human TB may also identify people most at risk

  Date: 9 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/10-new-tuberculosis-blood-test-tb

  A new study conducted by researchers in Leicester and Nottingham has shown the potential for a new blood test to not only diagnose human...

• New BHF investment to bolster world-class research at University of Leicester

  Date: 2 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/03-bhf-accelerator-award-heart-circulatory-diseases

  The University of Leicester has received £1 million in funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to strengthen its world-class research into...

• Leicester technician wins prestigious Papin Prize

  Date: 25 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-lory-francescut-papin-prize-hets

  A technician from the University of Leicester has won a prestigious Papin Prize at the Higher Education Technicians Summit (HETS) conference in...

• Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system

  Date: 25 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system

  An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of...

• NHS funding fosters health inequalities

  Date: 23 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/24-nhs-funding-fosters-health-inequalities

  Poverty and deprivation are strongly associated with poor health outcomes, including higher levels of multimorbidity and mortality, resulting in...

• Leicester named ‘Leader in Openness’ by Understanding Animal Research

  Date: 29 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/30-openness-award-animal-research

  The University of Leicester has received a Leader in Openness Award for the period 2019-2022 from Understanding Animal Research.

• 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...

• New research shows how to optimise antibiotic use and combat antibiotic resistance

  Date: 28 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/29-antibiotic-resistance

  Recommendations from University of Leicester scientists could help reduce over-use of antibiotics.

• Chemotherapy-free treatment gives hope to adult leukaemia patients

  Date: 24 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/25-chemotherapy-free-leukaemia-treatment

  Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) may be offered a chemotherapy-free treatment in future, following promising results from a...