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• Professor Mick Peake awarded OBE

  Date: 10 Oct 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/professor-mick-peake-awarded-obe

  Professor Michael (Mick) Peake has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to medicine.

• Moles hate eating sand, Leicester research reveals

  Date: 27 Aug 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/moles

  Anyone who has had their day at the beach ruined by the sound and sensation of biting into a sandy sandwich can look to the humble mole for ways...

• Blood cancer breakthrough offers clues for tailored patient treatment

  Date: 19 Jul 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/blood-cancer-breakthrough-offers-clues-for-tailored-patient-treatment

  Patients with blood cancer could be offered a tailored course of treatment in the future, after Leicester academics successfully trialled the use...

• Signs of early heart failure revealed in patients with type 2 diabetes

  Date: 16 Jul 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/heart-failure-diabetes

  Adults with type 2 diabetes that have no history, signs or symptoms of heart problems have been shown to have severely limited exercise capacity.

• Ancient skeleton provides the earliest evidence of a pet cat in Kazakhstan

  Date: 8 Jul 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/cat-skull

  Uncovered in an urban settlement in Dzhankent, Kazakhstan, the analysis of the ancient animal skeleton shows this to be the first domesticated cat...

• Leicester championed as UK’s top recruiter to RECOVERY trial

  Date: 16 Jun 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/recovery-trial

  The Leicester COVID-19 research team, made up of researchers and clinicians from the University of Leicester and Leicester’s Hospitals, were...

• Trial success for less invasive life-saving cardiac procedure

  Date: 28 May 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/tavi

  A nationwide study led by Leicester academics has shown that a less invasive procedure to treat a common heart problem is just as effective as...

• 180 new medics graduate early to join fight against COVID-19

  Date: 6 May 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/medics-graduate

  Medicine students from the University of Leicester will graduate early today, to join the NHS in the fight against coronavirus.

• Leicester-led trial shows less invasive cardiac procedure works as well as surgery

  Date: 2 Apr 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/03-tavi-cardiac-trial

  A nationwide study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), assessing a less invasive procedure that addresses a common heart...

• University of Leicester contributes essentials and equipment to NHS

  Date: 29 Mar 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/march/30-equipment-for-nhs

  As part of its drive to support the NHS during coronavirus pandemic, the University of Leicester has donated thousands of essential items for...