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• BBCs Crimewatch Roadshow comes to Leicester

  Date: 12 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/bbcs-crimewatch-roadshow-comes-to-leicester

  The University will feature in an upcoming episode of BBC’s Crimewatch Roadshow, which is due to be aired on Friday 23 June 2017.

• Type 2 diabetes could overwhelm NHS unless changes are made Leicester experts warn

  Date: 1 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/type-2-diabetes-could-overwhelm-nhs-unless-changes-are-made-leicester-experts-warn

  Melanie Davies CBE (pictured), a Professor of Diabetes Medicine at our University and the Leicester Diabetes Centre, has commented on the rise in...

• How a technological revolution is helping us to understand the human Y chromosome

  Date: 31 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/how-a-technological-revolution-is-helping-us-to-understand-the-human-y-chromosome

  Professor Mark Jobling (pictured) from the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has published a new review in Nature Reviews Genetics with a...

• Leicester experts support Singapore in diabetes fight

  Date: 30 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-experts-support-singapore-in-diabetes-fight

  Expertise in preventing and treating Type 2 diabetes developed in Leicester will be used in Singapore’s 'war on diabetes'.

• NIHR Biomedical Research Centre opens in Leicester

  Date: 5 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/nihr-biomedical-research-centre-opens-in-leicester

  Pioneering research into medical advancements in Leicester will continue for the next five years, thanks to an £11.6 million grant.

• Leicester diabetes management programme to get Africa roll out

  Date: 19 Apr 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-diabetes-management-programme-to-get-africa-roll-out

  A leading type 2 diabetes management programme which was developed by a team including researchers from our University is going global.

• Leicester geneticists to present at Who Do You Think You Are Live

  Date: 3 Apr 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-geneticists-to-present-at-who-do-you-think-you-are-live

  Geneticists from the University of Leicester will discuss the discovery of Richard III and genealogical research in presentations at Who Do You...

• Study provides further evidence that statins could prevent blood clots in the veins

  Date: 28 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/study-provides-further-evidence-that-statins-could-prevent-blood-clots-in-the-veins

  Further evidence has been found by researchers from the Universities of Leicester and Bristol to suggest statins could “significantly reduce” the...

• Leicester geneticists involved in research into the UKs leading cause of food poisoning

  Date: 24 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-geneticists-involved-in-research-into-the-uks-leading-cause-of-food-poisoning

  Geneticists at the University are involved in new research, led by the University of Liverpool, which reveals that the immune response of farmed...

• New project explores art and DNA at Leicester

  Date: 14 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-project-explores-art-and-dna-at-leicester

  Leicester-based artists Ruth Singer and Gillian McFarland have begun working with Dr Turi King, Reader in Genetics and Archaeology, on a project...