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• Actiphage blood test enters human TB trials

  Date: 6 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/06-tuberculosis-blood-test-trial

  A new blood test for tuberculosis (TB) could, for the first time, enable screening of patients at an early stage of infection.

• 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.

• New clues about why non-smokers, as well as smokers, develop chronic lung disease revealed

  Date: 25 Feb 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/25-copd

  Researchers reveal findings that explain why some people who have never smoked develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

• 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.

• Asthma pill targets airway muscles to decrease attacks

  Date: 13 Feb 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/13-asthma-pill

  Results from a phase II clinical trial, experimental work on cells and computational modelling have together shown why the first pill for asthma...

• Innovative healthcare project to link patient data receives government funding

  Date: 4 Feb 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/04-sprint-exemplar-innovation-projects-patient-data-nhsdigital

  University of Leicester-led research to increase efficiency of data sharing within the NHS.

• Work of Leicester Real World Evidence Unit highlighted in recent Government policy document

  Date: 31 Jan 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/31-real-world-evidence-unit-nhs

  Leicester Real World Evidence Unit celebrated for cutting-edge work.

• World-first clinical trial to test personalised treatments for aggressive form of lung cancer

  Date: 29 Jan 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/29-world-first-clinical-personalised-treatment-lung-cancer

  The first-ever trial into delivering personalised treatment for mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, opened...

• University of Leicester is leading the way in Cardiogenic Shock treatment

  Date: 19 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-university-of-leicester-cardiogenic-shock

  Led by the University of Leicester, 12 university hospitals have set up a pan-European recruiting network with 45 cardiovascular centres to test...

• New research could have major implications for understanding how bacteria and viruses interact

  Date: 13 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/13-prof-clokie-news-reviews-phages-nature

  Professor Martha Clokie comments on international research for Nature New research published in Nature could have major implications for our...