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• New approach to coronavirus testing could curb spread of virus

  Date: 28 Feb 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/28-coronavirus-masks

  A new approach to testing for coronavirus (COVID19) is to be trialled by researchers here at the University of Leicester, which could determine...

• Pioneering new research revolutionises early detection of TB

  Date: 19 Feb 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/19-tb-masks

  Researchers at the University of Leicester and the University of Pretoria are revolutionising the way tuberculosis (TB) is diagnosed through the...

• Public lecture on kidney dialysis

  Date: 5 Feb 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/05-dialysis-lecture

  The challenges facing dialysis patients and the health professionals who treat them is the subject of a public lecture at the University of...

• Funding for new research centre to investigate effect of environmental exposures on health

  Date: 27 Jan 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-nihr-funding

  The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has granted a £1 million development award to the University of Leicester to create a new...

• Chronic kidney disease associated with atypically low levels of physical activity

  Date: 10 Jan 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/10-kidney-research

  A study led by researchers at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) – a partnership between...

• Africa Research Group launched

  Date: 11 Dec 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/11-africa-research-group

  The Africa Research Group is a new group which will bring together projects and research taking place across the University on Africa, Africans in...

• Movember on campus raises funds, awareness and smiles

  Date: 2 Dec 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/02-movember

  Students and staff at the University of Leicester have raised nearly £7,000 for men’s health causes.

• Introducing… the Leicester Grading System for Foveal Hypoplasia

  Date: 12 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/12-leicester-foveal-scale

• Improving cardiac surgery benefits through key research

  Date: 11 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/11-cardiac-surgery

  Over 35,000 adults undergo cardiac surgery in the UK every year with a further 1 million worldwide.

• Risk calculator helps GPs predict which kidney disease patients need hospital care

  Date: 8 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/08-kidney-study

  A new study has discovered a way to help GPs predict which people with kidney disease are more likely to go on to develop kidney failure and need...