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• Transformative plan to pioneer a distinctive elite in higher education

  Date: 22 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/transformative-plan-to-pioneer-a-distinctive-elite-in-higher-education

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has unveiled a transformative plan to create a university that represents a ‘distinctive elite’...

• Promising early results from new UK Type 2 diabetes prevention programme

  Date: 9 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/promising-early-results-from-new-uk-type-2-diabetes-prevention-programme

  A programme aimed at preventing the development of Type 2 diabetes in people at high risk of the disease has achieved “promising” early results,...

• Professor Kamlesh Khunti ranked as one of UKs most influential GPs

  Date: 3 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/professor-kamlesh-khunti-ranked-as-one-of-uks-most-influential-gps

  Professor Kamlesh Khunti (pictured), professor of primary care diabetes and vascular medicine, has been ranked as one of the most influential GPs...

• Leicester reaches 15 million readers on The Conversation

  Date: 27 Aug 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-reaches-1-5-million-readers-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across the University have collectively captured the imagination of over 1.

• Leicester scientists to unlock the secrets of the biological clock

  Date: 21 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/leicester-scientists-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-the-biological-clock

  A new study led by the University of Leicester will investigate the how the length of tiny pieces of DNA called telomeres play a part in the...

• Study provides insight into zincs important role in heartbeat regulation

  Date: 14 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/study-provides-insight-into-zincs-important-role-in-heartbeat-regulation

  Leicester researchers have been involved in a study with University of St Andrews examining the role zinc plays in regulating heartbeat.

• Link between inherited DNA sequences and heart disease identified

  Date: 9 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/link-between-inherited-dna-sequences-and-heart-disease-identified

  A study to examine recessively inherited genome-wide DNA sequences has for the first time discovered a potential link with Britain’s biggest...

• Leicester Professors named in the top 10 diabetes experts globally

  Date: 11 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-professors-named-in-the-top-10-diabetes-experts-globally

  Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Melanie Davies (pictured) have been named in the top 10 diabetes experts globally on a list published at...

• Research team investigates why cardiac surgery can lead to fatal organ damage

  Date: 2 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-team-investigates-why-cardiac-surgery-can-lead-to-fatal-organ-damage

  The Cardiac Surgery Research team is drawing on support from patients and members of the public to investigate why cardiac surgery can often...

• Leicester reaches one million readers on The Conversation

  Date: 22 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/leicester-reaches-1-million-readers-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across the University have collectively captured the imagination of over one million readers through more than 100 articles on The...