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• Significant weight loss and blood sugar control seen in patients with type 2 diabetes following new medication combination

  Date: 3 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/diabetes

  An international team, including the Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre...

• Breakthrough in tackling increasing demand by ‘internet of things’ on mobile networks

  Date: 20 Nov 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/mobile-networks-demand

  New method to manage access to mobile networks by multiple users developed at University of Leicester that aims to tackle increased demands as...

• Study reveals underlying genetic risks for a type of heart attack largely affecting younger women

  Date: 1 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/heart

  Study reveals underlying genetic risks for a type of heart attack largely affecting younger women

• Research consortium combines research excellence and expertise to evolve drug discovery

  Date: 8 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-consortium-combines-research-excellence-and-expertise-to-evolve-drug-discovery

  A new research consortium aims to identify opportunities for drug discovery through the innovative use of antibodies in structure-based drug...

• Researchers identify unique cellsignalling system in some S pneumoniae strains

  Date: 19 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/researchers-identify-unique-cell-signalling-system-in-some-s-pneumoniae-strains

  An article involving Dr Hasan Yesilkaya and Mrs Anfal Shakir Motib, from our Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation working with an...

• Leicester academic Professor Mark Jobling to chart the evolution of individual identification at Galton Institute conference

  Date: 13 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-academic-professor-mark-jobling-to-chart-the-evolution-of-individual-identification-at-galton-institute-conference

  Professor Mark Jobling from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology will be giving a talk at the Galton Institute conference on 15 November...

• Leicester experts work with aspiring scientists from Girlguiding Leicestershire to bring science to life

  Date: 25 Jul 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-experts-work-with-aspiring-scientists-from-girlguiding-leicestershire-to-bring-science-to-life

  When the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at our University celebrated International Women’s Day, they didn’t know they would end up...

• 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.

• Current view on origins of Parkinsons disease challenged by new findings

  Date: 22 Jun 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/current-view-on-origins-of-parkinson2019s-disease-challenged-by-new-findings

  The neurodegeneration that occurs in Parkinson’s disease is a result of stress on the endoplasmic reticulum in the cell rather than failure of the...

• Using forensic science to tackle sexual violence in humanitarian contexts

  Date: 7 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/using-forensic-science-to-tackle-sexual-violence-in-humanitarian-contexts

  Researchers are using forensic DNA to help tackle sexual violence in humanitarian contexts - such as remote locations, displaced communities,...