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• New BHF investment to bolster world-class research at University of Leicester

  Date: 2 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/03-bhf-accelerator-award-heart-circulatory-diseases

  The University of Leicester has received £1 million in funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to strengthen its world-class research into...

• Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system

  Date: 25 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system

  An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of...

• NHS funding fosters health inequalities

  Date: 23 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/24-nhs-funding-fosters-health-inequalities

  Poverty and deprivation are strongly associated with poor health outcomes, including higher levels of multimorbidity and mortality, resulting in...

• Refugee Week: an opportunity for refugees and asylum seekers with a background in medicine

  Date: 20 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/21-refugee-week-sanctuary-medicine-programme

  An initiative to provide refugee and asylum seeking doctors and nurses an opportunity to gain a key language qualification is being spearheaded at...

• New resources developed to improve educational support for children born preterm

  Date: 21 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/22-preterm-children-educational-learning-resource

  New e-learning resource informs teachers how to support the learning and development of their pupils who were born preterm.

• University of Leicester diabetes professors named among nation’s lifesavers

  Date: 15 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/16-nations-lifesavers

  Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Melanie Davies CBE featured in national campaign.

• Two Leicester professors join prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship

  Date: 7 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/08-academy-medical-sciences-fellows

  The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected Leicester’s Professor Chris Brightling and Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga to their esteemed...

• Prestigious Japanese documentary features Leicester researchers

  Date: 2 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/03-nhk-documentary-genomics

  Japanese broadcaster NHK will feature the University of Leicester in a documentary show ‘NHK Special’, which will focus on developments in genomics.

• New research shows how to optimise antibiotic use and combat antibiotic resistance

  Date: 28 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/29-antibiotic-resistance

  Recommendations from University of Leicester scientists could help reduce over-use of antibiotics.

• Chemotherapy-free treatment gives hope to adult leukaemia patients

  Date: 24 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/25-chemotherapy-free-leukaemia-treatment

  Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) may be offered a chemotherapy-free treatment in future, following promising results from a...