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• Why coronavirus can be fatal in young people

  Date: 2 Apr 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/03-corona-in-young

  Coronavirus can be fatal to young people because of the extreme immune response triggered by the virus within their body, advises Dr Julian Tang,...

• University of Leicester contributes essentials and equipment to NHS

  Date: 29 Mar 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/march/30-equipment-for-nhs

  As part of its drive to support the NHS during coronavirus pandemic, the University of Leicester has donated thousands of essential items for...

• Coronavirus advice for students and staff

  Date: 7 Mar 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/21-coronavirus

  The University of Leicester is continuing to monitor coronavirus, or COVID-19, which is not known to have affected our staff or students.

• 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...

• Professor Alex Mitchell cited as one of ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’

  Date: 6 Dec 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/06-highly-cited

  Professor Alex Mitchell, Honorary Professor of Psycho-oncology and Liaison Psychiatry, has been cited in a list of ‘the world’s most influential...